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in Horticulturist^ by Downing. Very large, and promises 

 w^ell. 



Tea. Color, rich yellow ; form, round oval ; size, 3 ; 

 use, table ; texture, white, melting, juicy ; season, August. 

 Eemarks. — Origin, ]^ew Haven, Conn. 



Thompson. Color, greenish yellow ; form, turbinate, 

 round to eye; size, 2 to 1 ; use, table; texture, buttery, 

 melting, sugary ; quality, 2 ; season, September and Oct. 



Eemarks. — Flesh, white and greenish yellow, fine, 

 melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, and highly and agreeably 

 aromatic. 



TYSOIS". Color, dull yellow and russet ; form, round, 

 P3'riform, irregular ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, 

 sugary, melting; quality, 1 ; season, July and August. 



Eemarks. — From Pennsylvania. Tree of vigorous, up- 

 right growth, with reddish brown wood. Tliis, with the 

 Bartlett, Seckel, White Do^'enne, Bloodgood, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, Glout Morceau, Duchesse d'Angoulome, 

 Julienne, Doyenne Eobin, and some few others, Mr. Bu- 

 chanan finds to succeed admirably with him, as dwarfs. 

 He plants them round the borders of his garden, about 

 eight feet apart. Thus they occupy but little room, and 

 require but slight attention. Sometimes a sucker from 

 the stock has to be cut aw^ay, or a straggling branch short- 

 ened in — and but little more. Too deej), or highly ma- 

 nured ground, makes them grow too much to wood, but 

 no fruit. In this way, even in rather bad years, some of 

 the trees will bear fifteen to twenty pears, when only five 

 to six feet high. Thus they look promising, to a conside- 

 rable extent, for amateur culture in our locality. The 

 soil and climate seem to suit them tolerably well. For a 

 profitahle market crop, we shall probably have to rely 



