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tables, like animals, perish not only individual! ys but 
by whole races.(1) 
The uses of the apple are various. Besides those 
ofthe table, it yields the well known liquor called 
cider; which is again convertible into brandy. We 
have, in our country, orchards which annually pro- 
duce from five to eight hundred dullars. Inthe view 
of profit, therefore, fruit is an important object to 
the agriculturist. | 
The Pear, is less difficult with regard to soil, than 
the apple tree. We have seen it grow well in light 
sand ; and a part of Normandy, called Bocage, (the 
soil of which is a stiff clay ) is renowned for its pears 
and fora liquor called Perry, made from their jui-. 
ces.(2) 
Oliver de Serres counted sixty-two varieties of the 
pear, and according to the treatise of VM. Van Mons, 
published in 1808, the number then cultivated in Eu- 
rope, amounted to more than six hundred. Of thiese, 
we shall name a few, in the order in which they ri- 
pen, The Muscat L’Allemand, in May ; the St. John 
and the Bergamot of Holland, in June; the Petit 
Muscat and the Cuisse Madame, in July; the Salvi- 
at and the Bon Chretien d’Ete Musque, in August ; 
the Beurre Gris, in September; the Bergamot Suisse 
and Messire Jean, in October; the Bon Chretien 
Ture and the fall Bergamot, in November; the 
Chasserais, the Beurre D’hiver, the Merveille D’hi- 
(1) See Davy’s Elements. 
(2) When made without the addition of water, Perry is an excellent liquer, and 
keeps well in bottles. 
