NEW ENGL.AJ^D FARMER. 



PPBLISHED BY J. B. RUSSELL, AT NO. 62 NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agkicultural Warehouse.)-T.; G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOT^ IX. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 183 0. 



NO. 14. 



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FOR THE HEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



marled as such. This shows tliat he agreed with the oldest trees is 35. or 40 years. The cxtrem- 

 thoss from >yhom I rccfeived the fruits. Again, ' ities of their hranches are decaying and tlie whole 

 Mr Lowell was good enough to give me a graft ' appearance of the trees indicates a disease which 

 .APOLEON AND PASSE COLMAR PEARS. "''*''' I"'"'' '"^ calls the 'Mtpoleon;' it has never | will finally destroy them unless something can be 

 loMAs G. Fesse.vdex, Esq. ' , ''•""'e fruit, but the leaves of this tree differ essen- | done to stop its progress. 



Sir — I have read the discussions between Mr '■'"'"/' f''"'" the Tee which I have under the name I The fruit does not come to maturity before it is 

 owell and Jlr Prince, in your papers, relative to "*" ''•' ' Passe Colmar.' , The fruit recognized by ■ blasted to such a degree that it is not worth pre- 

 le Pear called the ' Napoleon,' and it seems to ' ^^'' Lowell, as the ' Napoleon,'' was then ripe, serving. I would not wish to say anything which 



(No/ember) and that which he called the ' Passe I might hinder in the least the cultivation" of this 

 Coloiar,' was not ripe unti[ December, and I valuable fruit wherever it is practicable. If your 

 Janiary. [correspondent have any questions to propose res- 



Ihave never seen the London Pomological Mag- : pecting the trees I have mentioned, they will be 

 aziie, nor do I pretend to know anything about I answered with pleasure by 



8 there has been too much haste manifested in 

 sserting that the ' Fear Trees cultivated in Bos- 

 n under the name of ' .Va/;o/fon,' 'are wrong,' 

 that the ^ Passe Colmar,' has been baptized by 

 generally by that name. — That this may be the 

 se in some instances is very probable, as all cul- 

 ators are more or less lial)le to mistakes of this 

 id, whether propagating new or old fruits; 

 i lione more so than men who like Mr Prince, 

 : placed at the head of great Nurseries. 

 From the hin-ry and confusion that usually ex- 

 in Nurseries in grafting and budding seasons; 

 mixing of scions by the men who are perform- 

 the duty of budders or graftsmeu ; the mis- 

 is in tallying trees ; the ignorance or careless- 

 3 of those who supply them ; the perseverance 

 rror not unfrequenliy found among those who 

 e once committed it, all combine to make ' con- 

 worse confounded ;' and when errors of 

 kind have taken root, it is not easy to eradicate 

 11 altogether. I do not think that private cnl- 

 ors are equally liable to make these mistakes, 

 use they have fewer objects to attend to, and 



these fruits, or much about any others — but I can 

 harlly believe that Mr Knight could have mis- 

 taken one of these fruits for the other ; and as he 

 sent '.he trees to Mr L. as a present, I must, un- 

 til I l.ave further evidence to the contrary, be- 

 lieve that the trees sent him for the Napoleon are 

 such ii fact. My Passe Colmar, has been trans- 

 ferred to the garden of Mr John Prince, of Rox- 

 bury, 1 gentleman well known for his accuracy 

 and e:tensive knowledge in horticulture; and par- 

 ticulaily so in the pomological department. This 

 gentleman has no ijoubt, as I understand, that the 

 pear lie received from mo as the ' Passe Colmar,' 

 is sudi in fact. 



Air William Robert Prince of Long Island, had 

 not seen all the trees cultivated in the vicinity of 

 Bos;on under the names of the ' Passe Colmar, 

 id 'Napoleon,' when he wrote his article of the 



A SUBSCRIBER. 



rally give their personal attendance to the p^''' '''' •'"'yi "t''' he of course was liable to mis- 

 take facts when he made his ' .strong remark,' in 

 regard to the ignorance of the Boston Cultivators. 

 I do not, however, see that the subject requires 

 so much discussion, or that the mistake, if there 

 was one on the part of Mr Lowell, in giving 

 scions, deserves to be arraigned in the manner in 

 which it has been done by Mr Prince. If we are 

 all to be called to a severe account for our errors 

 of this nature, I have doubtless much to answer 

 for, in common with others ; and even Mr Prince, 

 whose ' Pride for accuracy,'' in these matters, 'pre- 

 dominates over his zeal, acquisitions, and ambition 

 to be usefid,' is not exempt from the lot of 



A CULTIVATOR. 

 Brookline, Oct. 10, 1830. 



tion and tallying of buds and grafts in their 

 grounds. Tliere is another reason which has 

 'eight. Nursery men like Mr Prince, who 

 r large quantities of trees from Europe at 

 — are liable to all the mistakes which are 

 nitted by their confreres abroad ; while gen- 

 !n, like Mr Lowell, who receive their trees as 

 nts from such men as Mr Knight, and tht 

 on Horticultural Society, are less liable to im 

 on or error. 



is true that Mr Knight and the gardeners of 

 lorticultural Society of London, may make 

 kes like other people, — but we think they 

 •s sujiject to do it than those who depend 

 ; contingencies that attach themselves to 

 Nurseries. 



Prince has been too broad in his declaration, 

 lo positive in his manner of treatincr the 

 t for one who is himself open to the attacks 

 ny who have ])urchased trees from his Nur- 

 ir years past ; and if it were true that Mr 

 1 had, through mistake, in some instances 



FOR THE NEW ENCLAND FARMER. 



DECAYING PEAR TREES. 

 Mr Fessenden — I noticed in the 11th No. of 

 your paper a communication in answer to some 

 inquiries, which I made through the medium of 

 the ' Pas.se Colmar,' for the « Napoleon,' it [ your paper, respecting St Michael Pear Trees, 

 xcuse for Mr Prince, to assume the tone of I Your correspondent says it is difficult even to 

 ion that he does in his re|)!ies to that gen- | conjecture the cause whhout a more definite 

 . To show that Mr Lowell is well acquaint- knowledge of their aspect, situation, &c. The 

 h the two fruits in question, I will state a j trees to which I had reference in my inquiries 



have the appearance of old trees, worn out with 

 age and bearing ; although some of them have 

 not been bearers more than six or eight years. I 

 have also a considerable number of young trees 

 which are not of sufficient growth to yield fruit, 

 and which have the same sickly appearance 



November, I sent to Mr Lowell six or eight 

 each wrapped in a blank paper, numbered 

 outside, and requesting him to give me 

 ■ames so far as he knew them. 



is reply he marked the fruit which I re- 

 from the London Horticultural Society for 

 Me Colmar,' by that name ; and the fruit that 

 red from France as the ' JYapolecn,' he 



GREAT SALE OF STOCK. 



The following is from a friend of ours who at- 

 tended the sale of valuable Horses, Cattle, and 

 Sheep, on the lltli ult. at the residence of Charles 

 H. Hall, Esq. Harlem, N. Y. 



No. 1. iarfj/ i',?/t(/bo<, a noted running mare, 

 4 colts from her having sold at an average price 

 of $1000 each was sold for 81475,00. Destina- 

 tion, Chenango County, N. Y. 



No. 2. Alarm, bred by Lord Grovesnor, fo.il- 

 ed in 1820, now' in foal by the imported Horse 

 Barefoot, $650,00. 



No. 3. Gazelle, bred by Mr Hall, (one eye 

 imperfect) with her colt. No. 10, sold for $380,00. 

 No. 4. Knott, a sorrel mare, 6 years old ; by 

 Brilfuunder ou' ',C Cinnamon ; in foal by Bald 

 Eagle, son of American Eclipse, (one knee defect- 

 ive,) $110. 



No. 5. Lady Mary—K bay mare, with a star 

 and one white hind foot, 10 years old ; a beautiful 

 animal, purchased by A. Dey, Esq. $425,00. 

 Destination, his farm at Newark, N.J. for a Brood 

 mare. 



No. 6. A brown colt, 6 months old ; out of 

 Lady Lightfoot, by American Eclipse ; piu-chased 

 by Charles Green, Esq. $850,00. Destination, his 

 farm on the Kennebec, Maine. 



No. 7. Lightning, a brown filly, one year old 

 last May, out of Alarm, by American Eclipse, 

 $400. Purchased by Mr Stevens, the owner of 

 Eclipse. 



No. 8. A brown filly, 6 months old, by Eclipse 

 Lightfoot, out of Alarm. Purchased by A. Dey 

 Esq. $200. Destination, his farm at Newark, N. J.' 

 No. 9. A Dark Bay, 2 years old, a fine Stalhon, 

 by Bussorah Arabian, out of Alarm, $500,00. 

 Purchased by J. Ford, Esq. 



No. 10. Sold wiih her Dam, No. 3. 

 No. 11. A sorrel filly, out of Knot, by Eclipse 

 Lightfoot, 4 months old, $60. Purchased by Mr 

 Suydain, N. J. 



No. 12. Constellation, 5 years old, a fine Stal- 

 lion, color dark sorrel, got by American Eclipse, 

 out of Olivia, a Virginia mare, $675,00. Purchas- 

 ed by R. M. Field, Esq. 



No. 13. Bald Eagle, 5 years old, by American 

 Eclipse, out of Hyacinth, $500,00. Purchased 

 by Mr Ely. 



The Durham Cattle, about 30 in number, were 

 in fine condition, and gave additional evidence of 

 their natural i/uici dispositions. Request,an imported 



the older ones. They are situated on a rich light _^ 



soil, which has been improved for the last 15 I Bull, 8 years' old, sold for $300,\o"s. p!"BrhtoZ 

 or 20 years as a kitchen garden. The age of' Esq. Destination, Elizabethtown, N. J, 



