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the one extending east and the other west. In the follow- 

 ing Spring, these two branches Avere covered with flowers, 

 although no other part of the tree gave out a single blos- 

 som. The author saw this tree in the Fall, and counted 

 thirty-nine fine grown pears on one of the ringed 

 branches. Some gardeners have regarded the plan as 

 being unnatural, as if it was more unnatural to make a 

 tree fruitful bv checking the circulation of the sap, than 

 to make it productive by grafting. 



JULIENNE, or L'Archduc B'Ete of Coxe, sometimes 

 called Summer Beurre. Color, brownish yellow; form, 

 roundish; size, 2; use, dessert; texture, juicy; quality, 

 1 ; season, August, sometimes July. 



Eemarks. — Larger than Bloodgood, or Dearborn. Bears 

 in three years on its own stock. Exhibited at the Cincin- 

 nati Horticultural Rooms by many members during the 

 season. Fruit Committee report, it " A first-rate Summer 

 fruit." Very good, if house ripened, equal to Doyenne 

 Gris, the Brown Buerre of Coxe. One of the best 

 early pears. Bears young and abundantly, on alternate 

 years. The tree is of singular growth, the branches 

 long and bending, with large swellings at the extremities. 

 The wood of a lively yellow brown. It is sometimes 

 several weeks in perfection. It bears young and most 

 abundantly. It is called by some the butter pear of Sum- 

 mer. It should be gathered before fully ripe, and kept a 

 few days in the house, as before observed. 



KINGSESSINGr. Form, obovate, sometimes obtuse ; 

 size, 1; use, table; texture, buttery; quality, 1; season, 

 August. 



Eemarks. — From near Philadelphia. Not an early 

 ])earer. Requires double working on quince. 

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