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found possessing or combining all the good qualities of a first rate 

 fruit. Neither should the fruiting of any particular variety for one 

 or two years, be considered as a sufficient test of its good or bad 

 qualities. It should also be borne in mind that we have a great 

 extent of country, and that latitude, soil and other causes, must and 

 will have a great effect in varioas localities. For instance, the Ste- 

 vens'' Genesee pear, in some sections of our country, is considered as 

 unworthy of cultivation ; and yet here, were I to have but one pear 

 tree, it should be Stevens' Genesee. For size, beauty, and produc- 

 tiveness, it is superior — in flavor it is nearly first rate, and often equal 

 to the White Doyenne. 



I am also of opinion, that an extensive list of fruits cannot be 

 recommended for general cultivation. For instance, the Baldwin 

 apple, so fine and fair in the eastern states and also in Western 

 New-York, is in some parts of Ohio so subject to the bitter-rot as to 

 be utterly worthless. 



I apprehend, also, that much difficulty will be experienced in pre- 

 paring a list of rejected fruits. Last year at the Pomological Con- 

 vention at Buffalo, the Brown Beurre and the Bezi de la Motte pears 

 were voted as unworthy of cultivation. Yet for one, I am not pre- 

 pared to cast them out. In my humble opinion, they are superior to 

 three-fourths of the varieties in cultivation. Both are vei-y produc- 

 tive, and generally of good flavor ; require to be gathered early, and 

 ripened in the house, and are then generally fine. The Brown Buerie 

 requires good culture, and the man who " plants his trees as he would 

 a post," " stocks down his land to grass," and " trims up his trees so 

 high that the cattle cannot injure them," had better select some other 

 variety, say the Autumn Bergamotte or some kindred sort. 



I give, in the following list, the experience of the orchardists in 

 Western New- York. In rating them as regards quality, I follow the 

 terms of comparison for good fruits, adopted by the Congress, viz : 

 "good, very good, best." 



APPLES. 



Roxbury Russet, best; superior in all good qualities. 

 Baldwin, best; very productive and fine. 



Northern Spy, best; productive and superior, requires good culture. 

 Rhode Island Greening, very good; one of the most productive 

 and profitable. 



