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well as a dwarf; is one of the highest flavored pears known ; 

 ripens the last of September and first of October. The 

 Howell is very hardy and productive, ripening in October. 

 The Lawrence, ripening in November and December, is a 

 finely flavored pear ; not so rapid a grower as the varieties 

 mentioned. 



These six varieties will give a succession of fruit from July 

 to December or January, with the exception of a short time 

 after Osband's Summer and before the ripening of the Bartlett. 



If it is desired to extend the list, the Sheldon is a most 

 valuable, hardy and productive pear, ripening in October and 

 November. 



With Stevens' Genesee we had the best success when 

 grafted on old trees. It hangs to the tree well, even under 

 the infliction of our Cape winds, is beautifully colored, 

 luscious and refreshing. Season, last of October and No- 

 vember. Young trees are tardy in coming into bearing. 

 The Buffum, hardy and very productive, should be thinned 

 when too heavily fruited to get good specimens. Fruit, not 

 of highest flavor or excellence. The Winter Nelis is one of 

 the best early winter pears. These last succeed in all soils 

 equally with the first six. The Flemish Beauty has been 

 largely disseminated on the Cape, is a fine growing pyramidal 

 tree, but in ripening its fruit, as a standard, has proved a 

 failure. We have had it in bearing for nearly twenty years, 

 but have not succeeded in getting one perfectly-ripened pear 

 in a hundred. The tree drops its foliage early, the fruit 

 cracking and, when at all perfect, liable to early and rapid 

 decay, and dropping long before mature. Iu conferring with 

 cultivators on the Cape, we find the experience of most coin- 

 cides with ours. Clapp's Favorite is a magnificent fruit when 

 well grown and ripened. The tree is thrifty and compara- 

 tively hardy, but from our experience with it (and we have 

 it since first disseminated) , the fruit is variable and liable to 

 rot before perfectly ripe. 



For cultivation as dwarfs, in addition to Osband's Summer 

 and Belle Lucrative, we would recommend Louise Bonne do 

 Jersey, which makes one of the best dwarfs, and is a most 

 valuable variety, ripening in October. The Beurre d'Anjou, 

 a splendid fruit when raised on the quince, of largest size and 



