6 Retrospective View of the 



riety. Since the introduction of the late winter pears, many 

 of which are with difficulty preserved until their period of 

 maturity, the attention of cultivators has been turned to the 

 best method of keeping them ; with a view to call out infor- 

 mation, our correspondent, Mr. Walker, has contributed an 

 excellent paper, in our last volume, (p. 22) by which he 

 shows the superiority of the specimens of the Le Cure (Vicar of 

 Winkfieldj) pear, when ripened in a high temperature. The 

 Easter Beurre and the Beurre Ranee, two of the best late 

 winter varieties, are often hard, shrivelled and rendered quite 

 worthless, from the mode of keeping. To ascertain the best 

 mode of keeping these, and similar kinds is an object deserv- 

 ing particular attention, and one which we hope will not es- 

 cape the' notice of cultivators. 



Under our head of Pomological Notices several new fruits 

 have been briefly described. The celebrated Van Mons Leon 

 Le Clerc pear, of which we have several times spoken, has 

 fruited in the collection of J. P. Gushing, Esq., and Mr. Wil- 

 der, and its merits are stated to be fully equal to its high repu- 

 tation. Knight's Monarch, is another variety of almost equal 

 excellence : the true one has not yet been fruited in our col- 

 lections, but a specimen which we brought from the garden of 

 the London Horticultural Society, was a very superior fruit. 

 Specimens of the Tyson pear exhibited the last fall prove 

 it to be one of our best native varieties. Oliver's Russet, 

 another seedling, is also stated to be an excellent fruit. The 

 number of seedling pears is continually on the increase, and 

 we have no doubt our catalogues will soon enumerate many 

 superior native varieties. 



The Fastoltr raspberry, of which so much is just now 

 said in the English periodicals, fruited in our collection the 

 past summer ; and from a few specimens we tasted, we should 

 pronounce it in all respects equal to the character given to it 

 by Messrs. Youell & Co. who first brought it into notice. It 

 appears that it is an accidental variety, and was originally 

 found growing under a laurel hedge ; from the large size of 

 the berries and their very rich appearance, plants were remov- 

 ed to a favorable place, where it proved to be so superior that 

 all the other kinds were ejected from the garden. Remarka- 

 ble as it may seem, this was upwards of thirty years ago : 



