NEW ENGI.AND FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY J. B. RUSSELL, AT NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET; (at the Agricultoral Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOL IX. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 183 O. 



NO. 15. 



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FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



LIST OF VALUABLE FRUITS. 



Mil Fessenden — Agreeably to iiiy promise, I send you a list of Pears 

 selected from the old catalofue of Duhamel, arranged in the order in wliieli 

 Jicy rijicn. I slioidd have sent this list to you before had not other avocations 

 3re\oiited my makiugit up. However I apprehend, from some observations 

 ffhieh have come to :ny ears, that the connoisseurs will find it but a meagre 



!ish to be presented at the present day to the public The letter F desig- 



lates tliose trees that are very good bearers. A LOOKER ON. 



Brookline, Oct. 18, 1830. 



Aniire Joannet, 

 IJelit Muscat, 

 Muscat Robert, 



Citron des Carmes 



Cuisse Madame 

 Epargne 



Blanquet (long stalk] 



Salviati 



Orange rouge, 

 Gracioli, 



tRousselet de Reims, 

 Fondante de Brest, 



end of June. 



July. 



middle July. 



1st August. 



August. 



let 



Sept. 



Bergamotte rouge, middle Sept. 



7ert6 longue Mouille Bouche 1st 



Sept. 



■Jeurrfi (brown) October. 



Doyenne St Michael Beurr*^. blanc, 

 October. 



iftezi de Martigny, 1st October. 



ezi de la Motte, Oct. and Nov'r 

 erganiotte Suisse October. 



lergamotte d'Automne Oct. and 



Nov. 



» l^Beasire Jean Ocv 



„(.'^cr6 Vert, 



puseline 

 Banne Bergamotte 



last Oct. 

 November. 



this is a better pear than the preced- 

 ing. 



this is the Green Chissel, or Made- 

 leine. 



tliis is erroneously called Jargonnelle 

 one of the best and largest pears of 

 tlie season. 



this, with the Petit Blanquet, are 

 good ji'uit. 



highly musked and excellent, — rots 

 soon. 



a good fruit for the season. 

 tliis fruit is not so subject as the ' Sum- 

 mer Good Christian Musquee' to crack, 

 small, but excellent in light soil, 

 delicate, but breaking, rather than 

 melting. 



should be gathered before it is entire- 

 ly ripe; is excellent — but soon de- 

 cays. 



Excellent fruit — adheres slightly to 

 to the branch. 



this most excellent pear is liable to 

 crack in the open country, but in cit- 

 ies, and where it can be .sheltered, it 

 becomes by far the best autumn pear 

 that is known — Old trees furnish the 

 best fruit, — all soils suit it. 

 this excellent fruit should be gather- 

 ed before it is ripe and kept in the 

 house till yellow ; in our climate it re- 

 quires shelter ; in towns and back in 

 the country, it is less liable to crack 

 or blast than It is in the open country 

 on the sea board. 



melting, musked, and handsome 

 pears. 



melting good fruit, 

 should be gathered before it is quite 

 ripe, is meltuig and sweet, re- 

 quires a shady situation. 



excellent fruit. 



this is the extreme of the breaking 

 pears, the fruit is much esteemed by 

 many ; when raised on old trees it 

 becomes pale yellow and is excel- 

 lent. 



fruit is small, always green, flesh 

 tender, agreeable and very sweet ; 

 small fruit, but very excellent. 

 this pear is subject to crack unless it 

 be sheltered, it requires a good moist 



Bezi do Cuissoy or j 

 Russette d'Anjou, i 



Doyenn6 Gri.s, 



F Merveille d'Hiver, 



November 



November 



November, 



F Marquis, Nov. and Dec. 



F Eschassery, Nov. Dec. and Jan, 



Ainbrette, Nov. to Feb 



Bezi de Chaumontel or 

 Winter Beurre 



i Dec. 

 ^ Jant 



and 



F St Germain, 



Nov. to March. 



Virgouleuse Nov. to Jan 



Roy ale d'hiver, Dec. to Feb. 7, 



Muscat I'Alleman, March to May. 



Pound Pear, Dec. to March. 



Tresor, Amour ditto. 



Bergamotte de Paques, Jan. to Mar. 

 Colmar, Jan. to April. 



Bergamotte de Soulers, Feb. & Mar. 

 Bergamotte d'Holland or > fra. Ap. 

 Bergamotte d'Aleng ^ to Jun. 



Sara/.in, keeps the year round 



soil; whun in perfection is one of the 

 best fall pears known,— fruit is large, 

 buttered and fine flavored ; there is 

 a new variety of this fruit called the 

 ^ Poire d'AustrasW or double Cra- 

 sanne which is not liable to crack and 

 is an excellent fruit, 

 tender, buttery flesh ; when planted iu 

 a soil that is congenial the fruit is 

 very fine flavored, a good fresh and 

 rather strong loam suits it best, 

 better than the St Michael, which it 

 resembles in form, it is however a 

 distinct variety, juice richer, and 

 more sugared, skin russet, 

 this fruit is excellent if planted in a 

 good, dry soil and good px] osition. 

 large inching, sweet and musked. 

 small, but very good fruit, 

 iniddiing size, but excellent fruit in 

 good seasons. 



this fruit is very superior and melting, 

 in good stong moist loam, but woody 

 and hard in poor gravelly soil ; it is in 

 eating when it turns yellowish ; this 

 fruit should be culled out when it as- 

 sumes this appearance, 

 when this fruit is raised in cities or is 

 otherwise sheltered, or where it is in 

 a suitable climate, it is the best win- 

 ter pear known taking ull it» proper- 

 ties into view ; it requires a good 

 moist loam. 



in cities, where this fruit may be rais- 

 ed with ease, it is one of the best, as 

 well as one of the handsomest fruits 

 that decorate the table in the winter 

 season. 



this fruit resembles the German Mus- 

 cat — is an excellent fruit, quite large 

 and handsome. It requkes a warm 

 light soil. 



this fruit resembles the preceding so 

 much in its appearance that it is often 

 mistaken for it by the gardeners, the 

 flesh is melting, buttered and musk- 

 ed. 



for baking. 



this is one of the largest, if not the 

 very largest pears that is known, and 

 is preferable to the pound pear or the 

 Catillac fur baking; they weigh from 

 16 or 26 ounces, 

 a very good pear for the season, 

 this is an excellent and valuable fruit 

 but it requires shelter, in our cities 

 it might be raised with great advan- 

 tage ; when in perfection its flavor is 

 very fine and the flesh is buttered and 

 melting ; we think it better suited to 

 the Philadelphfe than the New Eng- 

 land climate, 

 handsome and good pear, 

 large fine pear, highly esteemed and 

 well worth cultivating, 

 is very good fruit when ripe both for 

 table and baking. 



