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— obtuse-pyriform, inclining to oval, resembling 

 the Beurre Diel, but tapering more to the eye 

 Stalk — nearly an inch long, of medium thick 

 ness, and set in a moderate cavity. Calyx, or 

 Eye — small, closed and set in a regular and 

 ■rather shallow basin. Skin smooth and glossy, 

 very thin, melts witii the flesh in the moutli ; of 

 a beautiful clear yellow, approaching to orange 

 at maturity, sprinkled thickly with brown dots, 

 and tinged on the sunny side with a light red. 

 Flesh white, uncommonly juicy and melting, 

 flavor exquisite. Core, quite small ; Seeds, 

 generally plump and perfect. 



The tree is hardy, and a vigorous, upright 

 grower, judging from the specimen on Mr. Lang- 

 worthy's place, and those in our own nursery. 

 The cultivators of Western New York cannot 

 enrich their gardens or orchards with a more 

 valuable variety than this. We recommend it 

 with the fullest confidence. 



William's Pear. (Fig. I) 



This is a new Pear, wliich we imported from 

 France in the spring of 1844. We find it very 

 highly spoken of in the French and Belgian 

 Catalogues. It bore with us the last season, and 

 we have put it down among the first class of 

 Autumn Pears. 



The above outline was taken from a medium 

 sized specimen, and as the trees were transplan- 

 ted the same season, 1845, in the spring, the 

 fruit is undoubtedly below the usual size. It was 

 grown on a quince stock, to which it seems well 

 adapted. Its size, beauty, productiveness, and 

 delicious flavor, will make it a general favorite. 



Fruit — large, regularly formed, oblong obo- 

 vate. Skin smooth, bright yellow when at matu- 

 rity, with a fine red cheek, splinkled with small 

 russety dots. Stalk — about i of an inch long, 

 very stout, set in a slight depression. Calyx, 

 small, closed in a very shallow basin. Flesh — 

 white, fine grained, buttery, melting, with a high 

 agreeable flavor. Ripens, September and Oct. 



White Doyenne, or Virgalieii. (Fig. 1.) 



We give an outline of this fruit, not because 

 it is new or unknown, but on the contrary, be- 

 cause it is one of the oldest and most universal 

 favorites in the whole catalogue of Pears — the 

 very standard of excellence, in our region par- 

 ticularly. If you tell a man in this part of the 

 country, that such and such a Pear is as good as 

 a Virgalieu, enough said. If you tell him it is 

 better, ten to one if he believes you, except your 

 character for veracity is well established. We 

 may safely say that there is no other portion of 

 the United States whore the fine qualities of this 

 fruit attains a more perfect developcmcnt than in 

 Western New York. In tlie vicinity of New 

 \ork, on Long Island, and large portions of the 

 country bordering on the Atlantic, it has long 

 since ceased to flourish. Various causes have 



been assigned for this. Mr. Downix(; says that 

 it has arisen from having been propagated from 

 a diseased stock until it has become liable to 

 crack, and that it is only necessary to renew the 

 stock, from a healthy source. This may be so. 

 We can tell our eastern friends that tliey can get 

 a healthy article here, at any rate. We may 

 add that, with us, as well as in France and Bel- 

 gium, this variety is proved to succeed equally 

 well as dwarfs or standards — either on Pear or 

 Quince stock. We had a little tree, about 3 J 

 feet high, that produced 21 beautiful perfect fruit 

 the past season. It was on a quince stalk, 3d 

 year from the bud. As a first step in acquiring 

 a knowledge of the Pear, we recommend an ac- 

 quaintance with this world renowned variety. 



Fruit — large, regularly shaped, obovate to ob- 

 long-obv. Skin, smooth — pale yellow, thickly 

 dotted with brown specks, and generally a red 

 cheek. Stalk — I to 1 inch long, sometimes 

 much curved, set in a small depression. Calyx, 

 small, and very slightly sunk. Flesh white, but- 

 tery melting, with abundance of rich, high fla- 

 vored juice. Begins to ripen in September, and 

 is sold in our markets at 3 cents each, through 

 the whole of October and November. 

 (Fig. 3.) 



Productive Apple-tree. — The Germantown 

 (Pa.) Telegraph states, that there is an apple- 

 tree near that place, which has repeatedly borne 

 over a hundred bushels of apples at one crop. 



There are 140 difTerent species of oak in the 

 world — 70 of which are found in America and 

 30 in J^iUrope. The oak will live 600 years. 



LiLLiES are natives of North America, China, 

 Germany and Liberia, 



