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market pear, it is highly to be commended. In a basket it has a prettier appear- 

 ance than even the Bartlett, and when in competition with that variety, will bring 

 an equally high price, besides having the advantage of ripening a few days later. 



Mr. McKenzie Ross, of Chatham, stated at the meeting held there in 1887, 

 that he had been growing the Doyenne Boussock in his orchard, and found that 

 it would produce twice as many pears to the tree as the Bartlett, We give in 

 this paper the experience of others rather than our own, because our trees at 

 Maplehurst have not yet come into bearing. We shall be pleased to receive the 

 testimony of any one in Ontario who has fruited this pear, for publication in the 

 next number of our journal. 



Mr. A. McD. Allan, of Goderich, speaks of the Doyenne Boussock pear in 

 the following terms : " This is one of the most valuable for the general planter ; 

 a strong grower and a very regular bearer of fine, large fruit, good in quality, and 

 always commands a good price wherever the Bartlett will sell. I have known 

 it to be bought and sold as Bartlett. I am glad you are going to give a plate of 

 it in the Horticulturist, as it deserves to be kept before the public." 



P. C. Deir.psey, of Trenton, writes under date of July 21st: "The Doy- 

 enne Boussock pear I have grown for more than twenty years. With me the 

 pear is a good grower on sand, clay or loam, and I have never seen one blighted 

 branch, though other varieties all around it have been blighted. The fruit is 

 always large and firm, if not allowed to overbear. Sometimes it needs thinning. 

 I consider it one of the best market pears we have, and I believe it to be one of 

 the most hardy. 



The following description of the Doyenne Boussock pear is taken from 

 " Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America " : 



" Fruit varying in form, obovate, inclining to pyriform, or roundish obtuse 

 obovate. Skin rough, deep yellow, netted and clouded with russet, with a warm 

 cheek. Stalk rather short and stout, inserted in a round cavity. Calyx open. 

 Basin shallow. Flesh buttery, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic, and excellent. 

 Very good. September and October." 



Buckwheat for Trees.- — The North Dakota Farttier says that two years 

 age a Central Dakota farmer planted five acres of box elder and cottonwood 

 trees one year old, having previously prepared the land. He then sowed buck- 

 wheat quite thick, which grew luxuriantly, and being left uncut, served as an 

 excellent mulch, protecting from the hot sun of July and August, the cold 

 winter, and alternate freezing and thawing of early spring. The land was well 

 seeded from the first crop, and another heavy crop was allowed to grow last year, 

 and left on the ground as before. The trees have stood both winters well, and 

 the percentage of loss is very small. The buckwheat straw subdued the weeds 

 and saved the labor of repeated cultivation. — O. T. 



