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vigor and productiveness of the tree, may render it a valuable variety for 

 market-purposes, if not for the amateur. 



" The fruit is long, pyriform in figure, measuring five inches in length, and 

 from three to three and a half inches in diameter ; stem rather stout, about 

 three-fourths of an inch long, curved, set in a shallow, one-sided depression ; 

 calyx medium size, set in rather shallow basin ; segments slightly reflex; the 

 skin is green, with numerous dots, and a considerable blush on the sunny 

 side ; the flesh is melting and juicy, fine grain, with a pleasant sub-acid 

 flavor. It always ripens soundly, and can be picked a little before matu- 

 rity if long transportation is necessary. It comes in about Sept. 25, just 

 on the heels of the Bartlett ; and has always sold for a much higher price, 

 on account of its large size and beauty. The tree is eighteen years from 

 the seed. It bore a barrel and a half of fruit in 1866, and it has 

 fruited very abundantly every year. The tree is strong ; making long, 

 healthy shoots of moderate thickness. The pear has steadily improved 

 year by year ; and, last year, was better than ever before." 



PEACH-TREES IN POTS. 



These should not be set out too early, especially if they have been kept 

 in a warm cellar during the winter. It sometimes happens, unless care is 

 used, that the buds start so early, that they are destroyed by a late frost. 

 Some who have been quite successful in growing peaches in this way have 

 kept them during the winter in a barn-cellar, where they have been kept 

 cold and in a dormant state until the season was well advanced. 



