PEARS. 203 



" 2nd. Good, healthy trees worked on a good stock — the 

 Angers, or Paris. 



" 3rd. A good, loamy soil, of moderate fertility, on a 

 clay sub-soil, and from eighteen to twenty inches deep. 



*' 4th. Planted so deep that all the quince stock is below 

 the surface. 



" 5th. Ordinary good cultivation, and moderate prun- 

 ing, but not pruned so severely as to deprive the j^lant of 

 power to send down woody matter enough to keep the 

 roots healthy and active. ]S[early all the failures can be 

 traced to a want of one or more of the above i-equisites 

 • for successful cultivation." 



The truth is, our climate and soil is not so much against 

 the success of pear, either on its own stock or the quince, 

 as the want of attention to those particular requirements, 

 which are necessary for each, in common with all other 

 fruits, more or less. 



WINTER ORANGE. Form, nearly round; size, 2; 

 use, table; texture, melting, juicy; qualitj^, 1; season, 

 October to December. 



Remarks. — A very good Winter pear, when, in the 

 West, we have but few to keep well. 



WiLHELMiNE. Color, greenish yellow; form, round 

 obovate ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, buttery, sugary, 

 juicy; quality, 2 : season, Winter. 



Remarks. — Foreiirn. 



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Wintei^ Bergamotie. Color, russet ; form, round, flat at 

 ends ; size, 2 ; texture, spongy ; quality, 3. 



Remarks. — From England. Not of much value. "Good 

 when taken just in time." — ^4. H. Ernst. To how many 

 fruits does not this observation apply? There is one cer- 

 tain point in their perfection. 



