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Pears. Very little attention has been given to tlic cultivation of 

 this most delicious and desirable fruit. If you will prepare your soil 

 b)' sup})lying such manurial specifics as are requisite, such as bone- 

 dust, ashes, salt, lime, «fcc., you may be as certain of producing pears 

 as of apples. A short list of some of the best varieties is furnished : 



Summer Pears. Eloodgood, ripe in August; Bartlctt, last of September; 

 Dearborn's Seedling, August ; Doyenne d' Etc, August ; Madeline, the earliest 

 variety ; Tyson, September. 



AuTUMX Pears. Eeurre Diel, October and November ; Eeurro, Goldcii of 

 Bilboa, September and October; Duchess d' Orleans, October; Doyenne, 

 White, October and November ; Doyenne, Grey ; Flemish Beauty, September 

 and October ; Henry IV., September ; Louisa Bonne de Jersey, September and 

 October ; Napoleon, November and December; Seckel; Stevens's Genesee, Sep- 

 tember and October; Swan's Orange, October and November. 



Winter Pears. Bamre d' Armnberg, December to January; Beurre, Easter, 

 keeps till spring ; Beurre Gris d' Iliver Nouveau, November to January ; 

 Glout Morceau, December ; Lawrence, November to February ; Vicar of Wiiik- 

 jleld, November to January. 



For Cooking, either Baking or Stewing. Cattillac, Easter Bergamot, 

 and Pound, all keep through, winter, if desired. 



iVearly all these choice varieties may be grafted on the quince, and 

 succeed well. Would it not be well, then, for our farmers to graft 

 some of their quince trees ? It is hoped they will do so. 



Quinces. This fruit is very common here. The best varieties 

 are the Orange, Pear-Shaped, Portugal, and Angers, the last being 

 the best variety for pear-stocks. 



Peaches. A few select varieties : 



Bergen's Yellow, September ; Yellow Bare-ripe, September ; Cole's Early 

 Bed, August; Cooledge's Favorite, August; Crawford's Early, September; 

 Crawford's Late Melocoton, September ; Early York, August ; George the 

 Fourth, August ; Grosse Mignonne, August ; Jacques's Bare-ripe ; Large 

 Early York, August ; Late Admirable, September ; Morris's White ; Morris's 

 Bed Rare-ripe ; Bed Cheek Melocoton, September ; Snow Peach, September ; 

 Weld's Freestone, October; Lemon Cling, September; Old Mixon Clingstone, 

 September. 



Grapes. Selected. Catawba, Isabella, Black Cluster, Black Prince, Black 

 Hamburg, and White Sweetwater. 



In making this selection of the more choice and desirable varieties 

 of fruits, "Barry's Fruit Garden" has been frequently referred to, 

 a work recommended to all fruit-growers. The italic names indicate 

 some of the most delicious varieties. 



The Committee desire, in taking leave of this fruitful subject, to 



