34: EECOKD OF EOKTICULTUEE. 



Season, December to Marcli. F. R. Elliot, in Horti- 

 culturist for December, 1867. 



Sawyer. — From Hillsborough, 111. A very beantiful 

 and excellent variety wliich it is said will keep sound and 

 fresh until June or July. Should it sustain its present 

 reputation, it will be of great value, particularly for the 

 more Southern States. Described in Cohna7i's liural 

 World, also in American Journal of Horticulture. 



PEAES. 



There have been quite a number of new varieties intro- 

 duced to notice in the past year. Forty-one seedlings, 

 raised by Dr. Shurtleff, of Brookline, Mass., were described 

 in Hoveifs Magazine of Horticulture for March, 1867. 

 One of these has attracted considerable attention under 

 the name of General Banks, and was figured and described 

 in Honey's Magazi7ie for October. In the American 

 Journal of Horticulture for November, the same pear is 

 described under the name of " Pemberton." 



Royal Pears. — Mr. Huyshe, of England, has raised 

 several new pears, to which he has" given royal names. 

 They were figured in the Gardener'' s Year Booh (English) 

 far 1867, also in the Horticulturist for April. The names 

 of these new varieties are, Victoria, Prince of Wales, 

 Princess of Wales, and Prince Consort. They are liighly 

 recommended by some of the English pomologists. We 

 do not know Avhether they have been introduced into this 

 country or not. 



It requires many years to ascertain the real value of 

 any variety of pear, therefore it would be folly for us to 



