ISGO. 



XEW EXGLAXD FAH?.IET1. 



.3.53 



THE HO"WEIiL PEAR. 



This excellent pear was received 

 many years since, from Xcw Haven, 

 ivhere it was produced from seed, by 

 Thomas Howell, Esq. The growth of 

 the tree is erect and good. The fruit 

 is uniformly fair, and not liable to crack. 

 Size, rather large. Form, obtuse pyri 

 form, inclining to oval. Stem, long 

 and stout, frequently fleshy at the base, 

 and set without much depression. Calyx 

 open, moderately sunk in a shallow 

 basin. Color, pale clear yellow, with 

 fine blush on the cheek, mai'ked with 

 minute russet dots, and shaded with 

 some russet patches. Flesh white, half 

 melting, juicy, with rich aromatic flavor. 

 Maturity, October. Quality excellent, 

 nearly best. 



The original of the above was fur- 

 nished us by Col. Wilder, from his 

 ample grounds at Dorchester, as well 

 as the description which now accompa- 

 nies the engraving. We have often 

 been able to embellish our columns with 

 portraits and descriptions of fine fruits 

 through his skill and kindness. 



"WEEDING TIME. 



The grocer who allows swarms of flies 

 and cockroaches to visit his sugar bar- 

 rels and eat at will, would not be set 

 down as an economical or thrifty man. 

 No less should the husbandman be 

 looked upon as a good manager who al- 

 lows weeds to rob his crops, by feeding upon the 

 substances which they need to perfect them. 

 Weeds are robbers, but it is robbing without 

 crime on their part. The foult of the matter lies 

 with those who allow them to rob ! 



When some younger than we are nov/, writing- 

 masters used to excite us by their proclamations : 

 "Writing made easy in four lessons," said they — 

 and we wondci-ed through what alembic we must 

 pass to acquire such an accomplishment in four 

 easy lessons. Then when we had to weed carrots, 

 and come out of the field at night in the shape of 

 a hoop, how we longed for something like the 

 writing-master's alchymy, whereby we could weed 

 the confounded things without turning oursclt in- 

 to a hoop-snake, or looking at night like a wilted 

 parsnip ! 



Now we have it. Blessings on the inventors ! 

 Mann's Vegetable Wceder is the thing. Why, one 

 can almost ride on it and take a nap, and at the 

 same time do more and better work than with 

 any other implement we have yet seen. That is, 

 we think so now, after a trial of it of only a part 



of two days. We hope to be more thoroughly ac- 

 quainted with it, and Avill stat.^ the result, whether 

 for or a":ainst it. 



For Hie New E^igland Farmer. 

 IS FAEMING PEOS'ITABLE? 



!Mr, Editor : — Much is sr.id in your columns 

 in answer to this question. I will relate a case, 

 which came within my earliest recollections, and 

 interest in farming. 



Some forty years ago a young man took to him- 

 self a wife, and soon after, the young couple 

 moved on a farm which he had leased. The farm 

 was poor and hard to cultivate, and not worth 

 more than 81000. It contained about 100 acres. 

 The man and his wife were poor, and as he has 

 often said, "he could have carried all that they 

 both possessed on his back at one load." 



His name for convenience sake, I will call Obed. 

 He managed to stock this farm and supply hmi- 

 :-Hlf with utensils as he could best do when, after 

 ihree years, he removed on a farm n^ar by, which 

 he cultivated "at the halves," a term which I be- 

 lieve is generally understood in New England. 

 Obed managed this farm successfully, to the entire 

 satisfaction of his landlord, I think for the term 



