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In size large, often weighing fourteen ounces each ; in shape somewhat 

 resembling Beurre Bosc, but thicker, and tapers quickly ; stem about an 

 inch long, curved, rather slender, set on one side in a slight irregular de- 

 pression ; knobby like the Bartlett ; form obtuse-pyramidal ; color pale 

 yellow, with a bright-red cheek, and stripes and blotches of russet ; calyx 

 rcither small, closed, in a narrow, ribbed, and russety basin, which is not 

 usually opposite the stem, the fruit being larger on one side ; flesh yellowish- 

 white, fine grained, melting, very much resembling the Bartlett ; flavor a 

 pleasant sub-acid. Ripe about the 20th of October, but keeps well for 

 weeks. 



This variety is said to be a strong grower and great bearer ; and it is 

 claimed by those who have raised it to be superior to the Bartlett in its 

 keejDing qualities, and fully equal to it in flavor. We have never seen but 

 a single specimen of this pear, and that failed to meet our expectations ; 

 though we are aware that all fruit last season in the New-England States 

 was, for various reasons, of very poor quality. 



We shall watch this new candidate for public favor with some interest, 

 and report results. 



DEEP PLANTING. 



There is great danger in planting trees that they will be set too deep, 

 especially where the land has been trenched, or very deep holes have been 

 dug and then filled in. We have known novices in tree-planting to so set 

 trees that many of them never grew well, while others nearly stood still 

 for years, and all because they were set too deeply. The willow and some 

 other trees do not seem to mind it much ; for they soon throw out a set of 

 roots higher up than the original, and begin to grow. This is not so readily 

 done, if at all, by fruit-trees. Our rule is to set trees from one to two inches 

 lower than they stood in the nursery-rows. Dwarf pear-trees are a partial 

 exception to this rule, and will bear to be set deeper than some trees. 

 Avoid too deep planting. 



