1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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who have tested its merits agree in placing it 

 among the first rate pears. It does not seem, 

 as far as we have been able to learn, that it is 

 one of those varieties that succeed only in cer- 

 tain expositions, latitudes, and localities ; for we 

 find the same high character given of it on the 

 sea coast and in the interior, on heavy and on 

 light soils, and in various degrees of latitude. 

 For our own part we have had it bear for three 

 years, and have found it invariably of first rate 

 quality, of large size, beautiful in appearance, 

 and exceedingly productive. It does well on 

 both quince and pear stocks — though we have 

 usually found it larger on the quince. The 

 trees make fine pyramids, if pains be taken to 

 produce lateral branches near the ground, by 

 cutting back at the end of the first year's growth. 

 The habit is upright and vigorous ; young 

 wood of a reddish brown ; old wood becomes 

 grayish with brown specks. Leaves of medium 

 size, coarsely serrated, with slender footstalks. 

 Fruit large, pyriform, inclining to oblong, a 

 little one sided, which gives it a distinct appear- 

 ance. Skin smooth and shining, yellowish 

 green — dull brownish red in the sun, covered 

 with russet dots. Stem medium length, slightly 

 curved, and obliquely inserted, without any de- 

 pression, and usually fleshy and wrinkled at its 

 base. Calyx open, in a shallow furrowed cavity. 

 Flesh white, tinged with a greenish yellow, fine 

 grained, melting, buttery and rich. Ripe in Oct., 

 and will keep in use for a month or six weeks. 



The English 

 claim the origin 

 of this pear in the 

 island of Jersey. 

 — According to 

 French authority 

 it is a French va- 

 riety, originated 

 some 60 years 

 ago at Avranches 

 and generally dis- 

 tributed under 

 the name of Lou- 

 ise Bonne d' Av- 

 ranches. The 

 London Horti- 

 cultural Society 

 received it from 

 Jersey some 20 

 years ago, and 

 gave it its present name, to distinguish it from 

 the old Louise Bonne. 



The above is a faithful portrait of a young 

 tree of this variety, 6 years old, now loaded 

 with the fourth crop of fruit, standing in the 

 garden of Aaron Erickson, Esq., of this city 

 — an excellent example of the growth and bear- 

 ing of this tree on the quince stock. The tree 

 was imported from France in 1844, and was then 



2 years old. It had received no pruning or 

 training to modify its form, nor has it received 

 any since. There should have been another 

 tier of branches nearer the ground. 



Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, England, a 

 distinguished nurseryman, and particularly as a 

 pear grower, has planted out 1000 trees of this 

 variety to supply the London market. At the 

 late Convention at Buffalo, Mr. Hodge stated 

 that he had this pear bearing on the quince for 

 four or five years and thought it worth more to 

 cultivate on that stock than any other pear. — 

 Lewis F. Allen said that he had seen a tree 

 not three inches in circumference, and only 

 about 7 feet high, with 60 pears on its branches. 



Otis Johnson, Esq., of Lynn, Mass., an ex- 

 cellent cultivator and pear amateur, says, in the 

 Horticulturist, "It is the most productive on 

 young trees of any pear I cultivate, and I think 

 if I could have but three I would be forced to 

 include it." 



Bulbous Roots. 



It should be borne in mind by our lady read- 

 ers, who are the especial patrons of flowers, that 

 this month is the time to plant Tulips, Hyacinths, 

 Narcissus, Crocus, Hardy Lilies, &c., in the 

 open ground to get a good bloom next spring. 

 It is also the time for potting bulbs for winter 

 blooming in the parlor. 



Any good garden soil will grow bulbs well, if 

 trenched three feet deep, enriched with well 

 rotted cow manure, and mixed liberally with leaf 

 mold, (rotted leaves,) and sand — the .manure 

 being placed at the bottom, and the leaf mold 

 and sand well mixed with the surface soil. Tu- 

 lips should be planted 6 inches apart, and three 

 inches deep. The usual mode is to remove 

 three inches of the soil after the bed is prepared, 

 mark out lines on the bed with a straight rod up 

 and down and across the bed, and at each cross- 

 ing of the marks plant a bulb by pressing down 

 on the earth j then spread on gently or sift on 

 the covering. The beauty and effect of the bed 

 will be greatly enhanced by a tasteful arrange- 

 ment of the colors. For Hyacinths the same soil, 

 planting, (fee, is applicable. When the plant- 

 ing is done, (or it may be deferred till Novem- 

 ber,) cover the beds with two or three inches of 

 litter to be removed in March. 



For pot culture of Hyacinths, Narcissus, &c., the com- 

 post should be about equal parts of good friable loam, leaf 

 mold and sand. In ordinary flower pots the bulbs are 

 placed almost on the siirface, and buried in aheap o{ sand 

 or saw dust in a cool place, until they have shown the 

 leaves and flower buds ; they are then taken into a warm 

 room, and must be regularly supplied v\ ith water. 



The Hyacinth, Tulip, Crocus and Narcissus will all 

 bloom in glasses, and it is one of the easiest modes, but 

 ruinous to the bulbs. The glasses should be filled with 

 rain water and the bulb set so that the bottom will touch 

 the water. Water must be added as fast as the roots ab- 

 sorb it, and it should be renewed once in two or three 

 weeks. iFor glass and pot culture only strong fine bulbs 

 should be used. 



