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fruited in Salem for several years, it has been considered only 

 an ordinary pear ; but this is wholly owing to the mode of 

 ripening. If allowed to hang upon the tree too long, it is 

 mealy and almost worthless. If gathered early, it is perfectly 

 melting and fall of juice, and among the best of our August 

 pears. Nothing can better illustrate the importance of a 

 proper knowledge of the time of gathering fruits than the 

 facts connected with the introduction of this fruit. 



Choice Pears at the Annual Exhibition of the Mass. 

 HoRT. Soc. — The Exhibition of the Mass. Hort. Soc. on the 

 20th of September, was one of the most magnificent displays 

 of pears ever made in Europe or America. Last year we 

 thought the pear cultivation had been brought up to a high 

 standard ; but this year quite eclipsed all previous examples 

 of this splendid fruit. Our report in another part of our Mag- 

 azine gives an account of the exhibition. We now have only 

 space to give the names of the varieties in the collections of 

 the twelve specimen sorts which gained the prizes : — 



From W. R. Austin, Le Cure, Easter Beurre, Duchess of 

 Angouleme, Beurre d'Anjou, B. d'Aremberg, White Doyenne, 

 Bezi de la Motte, Yan Mons Leon le Clerc, Passe Colmar, 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey, Bartlett, and Urbaniste. 



From Jos. Richardson, Beurre d'Anjou, B. Easter, B. Diel, 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey, Urbaniste, Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, 

 White Doyenne, Flemish Beauty, Le Cure, Duchess of An- 

 gouleme, and Dix. 



From Jos. Stickney, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Winter Nelis, 

 Bartlett, Easter Beurre, Marie Louise, Le Cure, Beurre Diel, 

 Urbaniste, Glout Morceau, Belle Lucrative, Thompson, and 

 Flemish Beauty. 



From Hovey &. Co., Gray Doyenne, White Doyenne, 

 Swan's Orange, Beurre Bosc, B. Diel, B. d'Anjou, Glout 

 Morceau, Flemish Beauty, Doyenne Boussock, Bartlett, 

 Duchess of Angouleme, and Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



The Beurre Diels and Flemish Beauty were 11 to 12 inch- 

 es in circumference ; and the White Doyenne and Beurre 

 d'Anjou 10 inches in circumference. 



