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avoid working such fruits ; but the time, we think, has arriv- 

 ed, when it is no longer necessary to exhibit at our annual 

 shows these discarded fruits. We have also some varieties of 

 apples, which many of our farmers continue to cultivate, that 

 ought not to be recommended for general culture. The Win- 

 ter Blue Permain is not so desirable a fruit as the Murphy, 

 which resembles it closely in form and color, but is a better 

 bearer, and altogether superior for orchard culture ; and the 

 Kilham Hill is perishable in its nature, and the worst keeping 

 apple we are acquainted with. The following pears, which 

 have thus far done well in open culture, we would recommend 

 in this report : 



Bloodgood, early, Native fruit; Rostiezer, early. Native fruit. 



Bartlett, Sept'r, Foreign " ; Cashing, Sept'r. " " 



Andreivs, " Native " ; Bvffiim, " " " 



Flemish Beauty, Sept. Foreign fruit. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey, Sept. Foreign fruit. 



Seckel, Sept. Native fruit ; Leivis, early winter, Native fruit. 



Winter Nelis. winter, Native fruit. 



Vicar of Winkjield, winter. Foreign fruit. 



Black Pear of Worcester, — Catillac,— Uvedale' s 8t. Germain 

 or Po2md. These three are Foreign fruits, for winter cooking. 



PEACHES. 

 In the cultivation of this fruit it is not well to run to many 

 varieties, it being better policy to cultivate a few of the hardi- 

 est and best sorts. The yellow-flesh Peaches, although not 

 the highest flavored, are those which we should recommend 

 for market. Among these, the most desirable are the Red- 

 Cheek Melacoton and its seedlings ; Crawford's Early and 

 Crawford's Late Yellow. The Red-Cheek Melacoton we have 

 found to be most profitable, inasmuch as it ripens after the gen- 

 eral supply of peaches is gone, and will then command a 

 good price. We have had this fruit, with its brilliant red 

 cheek, hanging upon the trees as late as the second or third 

 week in October; it is also a great bearer annually. Mr. 

 Downing says of it, " Hundreds of thousands of bushels are 



