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Swan's Orange, or Onondaga, has also been better than 

 usual ; of a good fair size, melting, about the quality of a 

 good Bartlett. Specimens received from the West some years 

 ago did not prove so good — probably not as well ripened. In 

 season with the Beurre d'Anjou. 



Columbia. I had very large and fine, on the quince ; ripe 

 the first of December. 



Lawrence, with many other winter pears, ripened the early 

 part of December. The trees that I gathered specimens from 

 were worked on the quince ; they were only of medium size. 

 I have noted it as being remarkable for sweetness, with a fair 

 supply of juice, rather inclining to be a little gritty at the core, 

 probably not so on the pear root. 



Beurre' Haggerston, or, I believe, called by you the Li- 

 mon pear — I think sent out a number of years ago, by the 

 late Mr. Manning, of Salem — has proved with me superior. 

 I have nothing ripe at its season, that surpasses this variety. 

 Ripens here from the first to the middle of August ; grows 

 poorly on the quince, and ought to be grown on pear roots — 

 or, perhaps, double worked, which will in most cases, I think, 

 answer for those varieties that refuse to grow when budded 

 directly on the quince. But we have a good deal to learn on 

 this subject. I am inclined to think, from what little experi- 

 ence I have had with double working, that some of those 

 kinds that refuse to grow with single working, seem to grow 

 but moderately even with double working. 



I had almost forgotten to mention Heathcot, which, this 

 season, was unusually fine, ripening all through September. 

 I had few pears in eating at this season that w^ere superior to 

 this variety. It was also more than the usual size, as large 

 as a fine White Doyenne ; many of them colored beautifully 

 of a lemon yellow, and perfectly melting and high-flavored. 



The Raymond pear was very fine ; a native of Maine, some- 

 what scarce in collections ; I suppose, from being rather a 

 slow grower, is seldom cultivated. This variety I received 

 from the late Mr. Manning, a number of years ago ; I have 

 not, however, cultivated it for some years. It is a pear that 

 ought to be in every amateur's collection. 



