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canyon wind, of which we receive the full benefit, keeps off the 

 frosts for several days after everything in the valley has felt its 

 effect, thus giving a longer time for the ripening of the wood and 

 a corresponding advantage in enduring the cold later on. 



PEARS. 



No injury has yet been sustained on account of the severity of 

 the climate ; all the varieties have done fairly well, but the following 

 are making the best growth: 



Flemish Beauty, Winter Bergamy, 



Sugar, Bartlett, 



Seckel, Glou-morceau, 



Garber, Howell, 



White Doyenne, Jones' Seedling, 



Mt. Vernon, Butter, 



Bousock, Bessenmianka. 

 The following varieties are fruiting this year, carrying from 

 one to seven specimens each : 



Beurre Clairgeau, Bartlett, 



Margaret (dwarf), Kieffer (dwarf), 



Mikado. 



Below is the full list of varieties planted : 



I Bartlett, Beurre Clairgeau, 



\ Beurre Easter, Bessemianka, 



Bousock, Buffum, 

 Butter, Clapp's Favorite, 



Duchess, Duchess d'Angouleme, 



Duchess De Jersey, Flemish Beauty, 



Fred Clapp, Garber, 



Glou-morceau, Howell, 



Idaho, Jones' Seedling, 

 Kieffer (standard and dwarf), Le Conte, 

 Mikado, or Hubbard's Japan, Margaret (standard and 

 Mt. Vernon, (standard and dwarf), dwarf), 

 Seckel, Sapienganka, 



Summer Doyenne, Sugar, 



Victor, Tyson (standard and dwarf )- 



Winter Bergamy, White Doyenne. 



