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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 



LE OURE PEAR. 



Vicar op Winkfield. — Fruit and Fruit Trees of America. 

 Clion. — Kenrick's American Orchardist. 



This is a French variety, supposed by many to be 

 identical with the the old St. Lezin. The London 

 Horticultural Society named it Vicar of Winkfield, 

 from its having first produced fruit in the Vicars 

 Garden. Mr. Hovey, in his " Fruits of America," 

 adopts the name Le Clure, and we believe with 

 propriety. 



Le Cure Pear. 



It has acquired a very high reputation among the 

 best pear growers of this country, on account of its 

 vigorous growth, rich luxuriant foliage, extraordinary 

 productiveness, large size and beauty of the fruit, as 

 well as its excellence both for the kitchen and table. 

 Col. Wilder, of Boston, who is known as one of 

 the most eminent pomologists and pear cultivators in 

 this country, has said that if he were to cultivate but 

 one variety it should be this. He says : " It never 

 fails to produce a good crop — never blows from the 

 tree* — may be used for cooking in August, and will 

 ripen in a warm room in October, and will keep till 

 February." Samuel Walker, Esq., of Boston, 

 now President of the Mass. Hort. Society, stated at 

 the New York Convention, that in the city of Boston 

 they were sold at $1,50 per box of one dozen fruits, 

 and the purchasers, at that, always thought they had 

 the best of the bargain. 



For some time after the introduction of this pear, 

 and until- of late, when its many good qualities have 

 become better understood, it was much under -rated, 

 being considered only as a " baking pear." We 



think it is destined to occupy a place among the 

 smallest collections. We have a specimen before 

 us now, ripened in the desk of our office, that is 

 buttery, melting and really delicious, though only 

 second rate compared with White Doyenne, Seckel, 

 and some others. 



Fruit large, often six inches long and three in 

 diameter. The specimen from which our outline 

 was taken is rather below medium. Form, oblong, 

 pyryform, occasionally one-sided. Skin, smooth 

 and fair ; pale yellow, with a blush on the sunny 

 side, and sprinkled all over with distinct brown 

 specks. Stalk an inch to an inch and a half long, 

 usually curved, with flesh at the base. Calyx, 

 large, open, in a very shallow basin. Flesh white, 

 juicy, melting, and often, as in the case before us, 

 buttery. Flavor, sprightly, sweet and agreeable. 

 May be ripened in October and kept till February. 

 It succeeds admirably on the quince, and does well 

 also on the pear. 



SWAN'S ORANGE OR ONONDAGA PEAR ON QUINCE. 

 BY JOHN WILLIAMS. 



P. Barry, Esq. — I received from your firm, in the 

 spring of 1847, a few trees of the Onondaga Pear on 

 quince roots. You then gave me the assurance that 

 it did well on the quince. My subsequent experience 

 fully confirms what you then said. Having grown 

 it the present season on quince in parallel rows with 

 the Colmar, D'Aremberg, and Langleur Beurre, (both 

 of which are free growers,) the Onondaga has done 

 as well as either and given a rich healthy foliage. 



As I see there are doubts expressed as to the 

 adaptation of this pear to the quince, I thought it due 

 to you to say this much. Plymouth, Ms., Sept. 1848. 



Jas. E. Reed, of Dalton, Ohio, makes a similar 

 statement in a late number of the Horticulturist. 

 Indeed there is not a doubt but this pear will prove 

 to succeed well on the quince. — Ed. 



PROFITS OF FRUIT. — NORTHERN SPY APPLE. 

 BY RICHARD I. HAND. 



Mr. Barry ; — Below I give you a statement of the 

 products of one acre of land on which I have grown 

 the Northern Spy and Roxbury Russet apples durino- 

 the year 1848 : — 



110 barrels Northern Spy. sold at $2,50, 



10 " " ••' 3,50, 



30 " " "2d quality 1.00. 



100 " Roxbury Russet, " 1,00, 



£27.3.00 

 35,00 

 30,00 



100.00 



$410.00 

 I sold the Spys mostly to J. H. Watts, at Roch- 

 ester. If any of the Monroe county farmers have a 

 better story to tell, let's have it. They wore grown 

 on tw r enty - three trees. Mendon, A*. Y., Dec., 1848. 



Hot-houses, green-houses, pits, and other horti- 

 cultural buildings for supplying a warmer atmosphere 

 than the open air, should always be cooler at night 

 than in the daytime. It is too frequently managed 

 to have the reverse ; the fires are made up in the 

 evening, and the plants are forced more in the dark 

 than in daylight. 



The twigs of fruit trees intended for grafting are 

 sometimes obtained long before they can be used. 

 Put the lower half of them into the ground, and they 

 will keep for weeks as well as if they grew on the tree. 



