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Bonchretien Fondante — very good. 



Fondante d'Automne — very good. 



Hampden Bergaraot — generally very good. 



Dix — fine, grows well on quince. 



Doyenne Gris — fine. 



Dumortier — very good. 



Frankreal d'Ete — generally very good. 



Gendesheim — very good. 



Heath cot — good. 



Hericart — variable ; this year good. 



Julienne — variable ; sometimes good- 

 Jalousie de F. Vendee — very fine. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey — better on pear than on quince stock ; is 

 not uniformly good. 



Long Green — good, though this year inferior. 



Madeleine — good. 



Muscat of Aug. — good. 



Roi de Wurtemburg — is sometimes fine. 



Rostiezer — first rate. 



Rousselet Hatif — very good for the season. 



Sugar of Hoyerswerda — fruited but once, then fine. 



St. Ghislain — fine. 



Seckel — fine, young trees bear indifferently. 



Stevens' Genesee — only middling. 



Thompson — good. 



Urbaniste — good. 



Williams' Bonchretien — fine, when all its qualities are considered 

 in flavor it is not better than second rate. 



Bloodgood — good, but not high flavored. 



Hessel — great bearear, third rate. 



Marie Louise — has lacked flavor, and is generally astringent. 



He also suggested the inquiry, why does Doyenne Blanc crack on 

 sea coasts 1 



D. F. Manice also stated, that he had succeeded in ripening fine 

 crops of plums on a sandy soil, by dwarfing the trees, and growing 

 them six feet apart, surrounding the orchard with a tight board fence 

 eight feet high, and paving the surface of the ground entirely with 

 brick. He had tried salt and litter without any good effect. He said 



