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are not yet to be had, they are not inserted in the following 

 list, for ten varieties, (their respective seasons are given in 

 the catalogue) : — Beurre Diel ; Beurre, Easter ; Benrre de 

 Noirchain ; Bon Chretien (Williams') : Duchesse d'"Angou- 

 leme, Glout morceau, Hacon's Incomparable, Jargonelle, 

 Louise bonne of Jersey, and Marie Louise. For twenty, 

 add Passe Colmar, Napoleon, Summer Franc Real ; Beurre 

 d'Amalis ; Van Mons Leon le Clerc; Fortunee (Parmentier); 

 Saint Germain, Chaumontelle, and Beurre Moire. For ten 

 varieties to be cultivated as pyramidal trees, on pear stocks, 

 the following will be found very eligible : — Captif de St. 

 Helene ; Beurre d'Aremberg ; Beurre Bosc ; Dunmore ; 

 Beurre gris d'Hiver nouveau ; Beurre Picquery; Beurre 

 Ranee ; Broom Park ; Thompson's and Althorp Crassane. 

 For twenty, add Doyenne gris : Duchesse de Mars : Fon- 

 dante d' Automne ; Foudante du Bois ; Inconnue, Van Mons ; 

 Jean de Witte, Knight's Monarch, Winter Nelis: Ne plus 

 Meuris ; and Suffolk Thorn. Several names may be added 

 to these two latter lists, with advantage ; or, if early pears 

 are required. Citron des Carmes, Green Chisel, Musk Robin, 

 and Summer St. Germain may be substituted in lieu of 

 some of the above; in general, the very early varieties are 

 inferior in flavor. For espaliers, to be trained to stakes, 

 Marie Louise: Beurre d'Aremberg; Beurre Ranee; Easter 

 Beurre, Glout morceau, Hacon's Incomparable; Beurre 

 Bosc; Beurre Diel; and Ne plus Meuris may be selected. 

 For a south wall, where pears are preferred to peaches and 

 nectarines, the more tendei varieties should be planted, as 

 these are all of first-rate quality, viz., Crassane, Colmar, 

 Brown Beurre, St. Germain, Gansel's Bergamot, Chau- 

 montelle, Jargonelle and Passe Colmar, the latter is always 

 rich and sugary when grown on a wall. For a Avest wall, 

 Marie Louise, Glout morceau, Beurre d'Aremberg, Easter 

 Beurre, Winter Nelis, Ne plus Meuris, Van Mons Leon le 

 Clerc, and Beurre Bosc, are lecominonded. For an east 

 wall, Beurre Picquery, Beurre gris d'Hiver nouveau, Delice 

 d'Hardenpont, Forelle, and Napoleon, will not disappoint 

 the planter. As a general rule, much larger fruit will be 

 produced by pear trees trained to walls, but these are often, • 

 more particularly in warm, dry summers, not of so piquant 

 a flavor as those from trees in the open quarters. 



In the extreme north, however, the finer sorts of pears 

 can only be had from walls, consequently situation must in 



