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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 



Specimen of Pears, ^-c. — Dear Sir: Accompanying this, you will 

 receive a l)ox containing a few specituens of pears: those marked 

 No. 1, are the Josephine, not yet in eatin<T, a good l)earer upon the 

 quince; No. 2, Lewis, a good hearer upon a standard; No. 3, now 

 in eating ami tine, a great hearer upon the quince, Bergamotte Syl- 

 vanche of Coxe; No. 4, Benrre Capiauniont, the last specimen I 

 have raised, aUo upon the quince, now in eating; No. 5, a spetritnen 

 from a tree which Mr. Shaw, of New York, sohl at Cunningham's, 

 two years since, for the Cohimhian Virgoulouse; if it is not the 

 Columhian Virijoulouse, it is certainly a first rate fruit; I fear the 

 specimen is rather past its prime; No. 6, Bergamotte du Pasque, a 

 good hearer, not in etatiuL'; No. 7, Monsieur le Cure, or Burgomes- 

 tre of Boston, nearly in eating; No. 8, Duchessc d'Angoulcme; these 

 were taken from a tree emrrafied upon a quinci', seven feel high, 

 which set upwards of one hundred specimens and matured seventy; 

 those now sent were the average .«ize. Tiie hest flavored j)ears I 

 have fruited tiiis season (the Seckel excepted,) were the Belle Lu- 

 crative as fall fruit, and Dearborn's Seedling as summer fruit. I 

 also enclose you a sheet of outline drawing of two or three varieties 

 which have generally such strong characters as to form, and yet 

 have l)een sometimes mistaken one for the other; I mean particidar- 

 ly the Roi de Wurteml)urg, Beurre Capiaumont, and Benrre Bosc. 

 Would not outlines of fruits be as nseiul in your Magazine as col- 

 ored.? Loudon's Magazine has no others; aud do you not think 

 that of the two circutnstances, color, or shape, the latter could be 

 more generally depended upon? There are, I know, exce|)tions, for 

 the Michanx, and a fruit 1 received from Mr. Prince for the black- 

 seeded beurre, the former resembles, both in form and color, the 

 Belle Lucrative, and the latter the Urbaniste, and we must know 

 the distinction by leaf, manner of growth, and quality; still, my 

 opinion is, that more pears can be idenii&ed from form, than from 

 color. 



A curious effect was produced upon some Bartlett pears, which I 

 took from the tree when they were three quarters grown, by placing 

 them in a ti^ht drawer covered with cotton batting: they became, as 

 they ripened, of a beautiful red upon one side, while those that re- 

 mained upon the trees until they commenced changing color, were 

 all yellow. 1 think the Bartlett, taking every circumstance, (its pro- 

 lificativenes?. quality, &.c.,) as one of the best if not the most desir- 

 able variety for New England culture. 



I have taken off outlines of fruit frotn the specimens grown with 

 me, and have forwarded you a copy of the BufFum, &.c. I think 

 Loudon has an article in one of his works, upon the advantages, 

 &c. of mere outlines. — John M. Ives, Salem, Nov. 10, 1841. 



[With the above communication from our correspondent, we re- 

 ceived the several varieties of pears, for which he will receive our 



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