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gamot, Flat Bergamot, Sacharine, No. 439, Orel No. 15, Mon- 

 g-olian No. 5, Mongolian Snow, Japan Golden Russet, Japan 

 Select, etc. 



The ]\Iongolians are not so hardy as the Russians, and the 

 Japans still less so — perhaps not hardier than the Flemish 

 Beauty and Clapp's Favorite — but their growth is thrifty, and 

 their leaves have the beautiful, glossy, luxuriant appearance of 

 the hybrid pears, Keiffer, Garber, Idaho, and Le Conte. 



I will give a brief description of some of the more common 

 varieties of Russian pears. First and most widely disseminated 

 is — 



Besseuiianka: Fruit medium in size and nearly or quite seed- 

 less. Flesh tender, juicy, sub-acid, almost buttery, and very 

 satisfactory for dessert use. Season last of August or first of 

 September. 



Gakovska: Very hardy. Fair quality. Valuable for cooking 

 and canning. Season, September. 



Lntovka: Very hardy and a very fine tree. 



Sapieganka: Medium size, nearly round, tender, juicy. Tree 

 not quite so hardy as some of the others. 



Lhnher Twig: Similar to Bessemianka. 



Early Bergamot: A fine, healthy tree, hardier than the 

 Wealthy apple. Early summer. 



Flat Bergamot: Like the preceding, but later. September. 



Mongolian Snow: Hardier than the Flemish Beauty. Leaves 

 always clean, handsome and perfect. Fruit above medium in 

 size, and when ripened in the house better in quality than 

 Kieffer, Le Conte^ etc. 



Sacharine: This appears to be identical with the Zucker- 

 biren (Sugar Pear) of northern Germany. It is as hardy as 

 the Wealthy apple. Fruit Bergamot shaped, tender, juicy, 

 nearly melting, and sweet. Season early September. 



Dr. Hoskins, in American Garden, says that "the northward 

 range of pear culture on the Atlantic slope does not anywhere 

 extend north of 45 degrees, except in Michigan, and in the low 

 valley of Lake Champlain, extending northward to Montreal. A 

 line drawn westward from Bangor, Maine, bending in a long 

 sweep southward of the White Mountains, to Lake Champlain 

 at Burlington, thence to Montreal, will mark the northern limit 



