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recommended for general planting. It has fine-grained, melting 

 flesh, of agreeable, and somewhat spicy flavor, and is in season 

 from November to January. It has not yet been planted outside 

 Bohemia as largely as it deserves. 



Leon Gregoire is another of about equal hardiness. IL is 

 hardier than Zepherin Gregoire, which is one of the hardiest of its 

 class. Mr. Lauche says it was grown in Belgium by Xavier Gre- 

 goire from seed of Napoleon, and says it is melting, rich in juice, 

 and of an acidulated, sweet and slightly spiced flavor. A good 

 sized pear of fair quality which keeps till November, or later, 



Pasovka is one of the hardy Polish pears, long known and 

 planted to a fair, or rather, large extent. The fruit is long and 

 narrow, yellow, often with a red side, of fair size, very pretty, pretty 

 good quality, and very good for cooking. It ripens in August. 



Pound Pear {Pfundbime). — There are many pears of this class. 

 At Riga, the nurseries speak of the Pfundbirne as a hardy and 

 productive tree, which bears a large, green cooking fruit, in season 

 in September and October. 



Salzburg. — We were struck with the healthy growth and thick 

 leaf of this tree when we first saw it in the Pomological Gardens 

 near Prague, in Bohemia. At Proskau, Director StoU kindly drove 

 us to where it had been planted as a road-side tree ; large, healthy, 

 upright trees. 



However, as we follow northward, we find this tree is not as 

 hardy as others. At Riga, it is somewhat tender ; at Warsaw, it 

 has been grown a good deal, yet it suff"ers at times. It is a pear 

 of medium size and rather fine quality. The tree is possibly hardy 

 enough for a sheltered city garden in Montreal, but is more likely 

 to be of use in climates like Brockville, Kingston and Toronto. 

 It is said to be a pear of fine quality. 



Sugar Pear {Zticherbirne, Zaharna, Saharnayd). — Under these 

 names, which mean the same, we find many varieties of a healthy, 

 hardy race, well worthy of trial. Wurtemberg, Warsaw, Riga, 

 Orel, &c., all have their sugar pears. They are usually productive, 

 fair quality for eating, good for cooking, and would be very sal- 

 able upon our markets. 



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