1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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blown olT; besides, many ofthc finest new kinds 

 are (bund to be improved in quality when grown 

 in this way. This is the most popular metiiod 

 now ])ractiped in France and Relg-ium, countries 

 where the Pear culture has attained the iiighest 

 degree of perfection. Large quantities of these 

 trees have been sold from the Mount Hope Nur- 

 series at Rochester, during the past two years, 

 and have borne in many of our city gardens the 

 past season. In the garden of Aaron Erickson, 

 Esq., which we may say here is one of the most 

 complete in our city, we saw one of these, last 

 autumn, which was the most remarkable object 

 of the kind we remember to have seen. It was 

 a small tree 41 feet high but thinly l)ranched, of 

 the " Doyenne d'ete," or summer Doyenne, ve- 

 ry similar to our Virgalieu, with 42 large, well 

 ri])ened, beautiful fruits. This tree was planted 

 the year jirevious, and was only three years old 

 from the bud. We will speak more of this me- 

 thod at some future time, and only mention it 

 now to show the falsity of the idea that it re- 

 quires half a lifetime to get pears into bearing. 

 No man should entertain it for a moment. We 

 intended to add, at this time, a few practical sug- 

 gestions on soil, situation, mode of culture, &c., 

 lor the pear, but we have already extended our 

 remarks to such a length as to compel us to defer 

 this part lo a future occasion. Below we give 

 oLit!^:!! iit ;'^ s with correct descriptions, of three 

 most valuable varieties, which we can recom- 

 mend to every lover of delicious fruit. 



(Fig. 1.) 



Swan's Oraiiiic Pear. (Fi?. 1.) 



This is a magnificient Pear from the garden 

 of Joseph Swan, Esq., of Onondaga, father of 

 L. B Swan, Esq., of Rochester, from wh.om we 

 received the specinien, of wliich the above is an 

 outline. It was introduced in Rochester a few 

 years ago, by Mr. Swan, as a seedliTig fruit, and 

 was then named "Swan's Orange," which name 

 we adopt. Since that time it has been cultivated 

 by Mr. H. N. Langworthy, and exhibited by 

 him at our Fruit Shows, as "Swan's Onondaga 

 Seedling." Its large size, productiveness, beauty, 

 and unsurpassed richness of flavor and delicacy 

 of texture, rank it among the very best Autumn 

 Pears we have ever seen — excelling even, in the 

 opinion of competent judges, our famous and 

 invaluable White Doyenne, or Virgalieu. We 

 have strong doubts of its being a seedling, from 

 the fact that the elder Mr. Swan, the past sum- 

 mer, when at -our place, said he was uncertain 

 about it, and that his tree may possibly liave 

 been grafted. 



But be that as it may, the fruit is highly valu- 

 able, and deserves the most extensive cultivation. 

 The name given here will do very well until we 

 arc able to identify it with some known variety 

 — provided it should prove not to be a seedling.' 



Fruit — large, averaging 3 inches in length, 

 and 2 5-8 in diameter at tiie thickest part. Form 



