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ter, on the grounds of the writer, bore about one 

 peck of fine fruit. 



Summer Bonchretien or September. Branches 

 very flexuous, fruit large, rich yellow, not melting, 

 but very sweet, juicy, rich and excellent. A most 

 valuable variety, unchanged in flavor by seasons. 

 It has succeeded finely when grafted on the apple. 



SeckeL Tree of slow growth, fruit small, flavor 

 spicy, slightly musky, and of unequalled richness. 

 Ripens at mid-autumn. 



Urbaniste. Large, melting, sub-acid, excellent, 

 ripening middle and latter part of autumn. 



Virgalieu ; St. Michael of New-England, Butter 

 pear of Pa., and known by more than twenty other 

 names. Does not succeed at Boston, but is known 

 in most parts of New- York and in other places, as 

 a fruit of nearly unequalled excellence. 



The Frederick of Wurtemburgm some seasons 

 is a very fine fruit ; but like many of the new for- 

 eign pears, is greatly variable and often worthless, 

 and hence can hardly be recommended for exten- 

 sive cultivation. 



WINTER FRUIT. 



Little attention has been given as yet, in many 

 parts of the country, to the cultivation and manage- 

 ment of winter pears ; and their fitness for general 

 culture is not yet established. Some of the late 

 autumn varieties, as the Virgalieu, may be kept 



