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The Seckel is a very healthy tree and a good bearer. It 

 needs high cultivation. The fruit ripens in September and 

 • October. The tree should be planted on the pear root, but it 

 often does well on the quince. 



The Urhaniste is a very healthy tree, and always grows in 

 good shape without training. On the pear it is a long time in 

 coming into bearing, but on the quince it bears much earlier. 

 It is peculiarly adapted to the quince. The fruit is excellent, 

 and ripens from the middle to the last of October. 



The Beurre Bosc is one of the best of pears. The tree is of 

 slow growth, but bears regularly and is productive. The fruit 

 ripens in October and November. It should be grown on the 

 pear root. 



The Beurre (TAnJoii is a strong, vigorous tree. The bark 

 in this vicinity, is sometimes affected with canker. The fruit 

 is large and very fine. It ripens in November and December. 

 It rhay be grown on the pear or quince. 



The Laivrence is a very hardy tree, and uniformly produc- 

 tive. The fruit is rather below the medium size, and excellent. 

 It ripens last of November and in December. With care it 

 may be kept into January. It should be grown on the pear 

 root, although it generally does well on the quince. 



The Winter Nelis is an irregular growing tree. It is very 

 productive. The fruit is small, russetty and very high flavored. 

 It is the best winter pear. In shallow soils, and when not highly 

 cultivated, the tree sometimes loses its leaves before the fruit 

 matures. The fruit ripens in December. The tree does equally 

 well on the pear and quince. 



The Vicar of Winkfield is a very vigorous and productive 

 tree, and the fruit generally needs to be thinned. It ripens in 

 December and January. As an eating pair it has not the repu- 

 tation in this vicinity it has in the neighborhood of Boston. Yet 

 here it is often a good eating pear. It is always a good cooking 

 pear. It is admirably adapted to the quince. 



The Easter Beurre ripens well only in favorable situations. 

 When well ripened it is one of the best eating pears, and can be 

 kept into April. The fruit is much improved by being grown 

 on the quince, to which the tree is admirably adapted. 



It will be noticed that some of the most popular varieties are 

 not included in the above list, but they are omitted for what are 



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