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nearly the first order of merit; very good, but does not 

 grow large enough here ; still it is a good market fruit. 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey just suits the quince, and bears 

 moderately, and not too much to shorten a great deal the 

 life of the tree. ^ 



Louis Phillipe. 



Remarks. — The tree came from England. It is a great 

 bearer; not quite so large as the Bartlett, but nearly as 

 good. Comes in later. Most of our best pears, except 

 our native, are from England and France. The apples 

 are more our own ; nine-tenths of American apples are 

 native ; three-fourths of the pears we cultivate are for- 

 eign. American fruits will prove the hardiest for culti- 

 vation, even if the fruit from them is not so good. Pears 

 are more of an exotic luxury with us than apples ; they 

 are altogether the more difficult for us in the West to 

 raise than apples and other fruits. We can not expect 

 but to have difficulties with pears on the quince, as we 

 have had, and still, to some extent, suffer, and j^robably 

 shall still be subject to, with standard pears. Our cli- 

 mate is more dry than those States on the Atlantic 

 border. The pear delights in moisture. 



Lodge. Color, yellow; form varies; size, 2; use, table; 

 texture, juicy, melting, a little gritty; quality, 2; season, 

 September. 



Eemarks. — Native born — from Philadelphia. Requires 

 a rich, warm, sandy soil. 



MADELEINE, Citron des Carmes, or Green Chisel Color, 

 green ; form, obovate oblate ; size, 3 ; use, table ; texture, 

 buttery ; quality, 1 ; season, July. 



Remarks. — A uniform bearer. The fruit is slightly 

 acid, but delightful. One of the very best early pears ; 



