44 Dwarfs Among Standards. 



variety. The tubers are of a large oval or oblong form ; eyes numerous, but 

 not deeply set ; skin yellowish-white, and very smooth ; flesh white when 

 cooked ; quality fair, but inferior to many other sorts for table use. 



The tubers closely resemble the old Gillyflower or St. Helena varieties, 

 although readily distinguished in vine and foliage from those sorts. It is 

 a remarkably healthy variety, comparatively free from disease, and very 

 productive. From eight medium-sized tubers which I received from Messrs. 

 Washburn and Co., who imported them, the yield was five and a half pecks 

 of good sound potatoes, besides several stalks pulled up for trial during 

 the season, of which no account was made. C. N. B. 



Newton, Nov. 25. 



DWARFS AMONG STANDARDS. 



Most of the writers on pear-culture advise setting dwarf pear-trees among 

 standards, and the majority of orchardists have adopted this course ; but 

 some have come to the conclusion, from actual experience, that it is not a 

 good way to plant. If they are set between the standard-trees, the latter 

 will, in a few years, crowd and shade them so as to materially injure them. 

 If they are allowed to root from the pear, they cease to be dwarfs, but will 

 have no room to grow as standards, because a sufficient number of such 

 irees have already been planted on the land. There is but one good rea- 

 son for so planting ; and that is, that, as the standards are planted fifteen or 

 twenty feet apart, the space between would, unless used for dwarfs, remain 

 unoccupied for years. There are strong advocates of both modes of plant- 

 ing. Let us have the results of the experience of growers in different 

 parts of tlie country. 



