431 



Eye wood, 



. Oct. 



, 10 



Nov. 8 



Lawrence, 



(i: 



10 



Dec. 1 



Wilkinson, . 



a 



15 



Oct. 25 



Beurre Clairgeau, . 



(.(. 



15 



Nov. 10 



Beurre Diel, 



a 



25 



" 30 



Figue, . 



a 



25 



" 30 



Passe Colmar, 



a 



25 



March 10 



Glout Morcean, 



a 



25 



^' 10 



Winter Nelis, 



a 



15 



" 31 



Beurre d'Aremberg, 



a 



15 



" 10 



Easter Beurre, . 



Nov. 1 



April 10 



The following communication was read by James Upton : 



Remarks on ripening- Summer and Autmnn Pears, and 

 on the preservation of the Late keeping varieties : 



The quality of many and perliaps most of the summer 

 and autumn pears I have found to be improved by ripening 

 in the house. Pears of the Rousselet family, however, such 

 as Rostiezer, Ott, Seckel, form an exception to this general 

 statement, and are perhaps never better than when eaten 

 ripe from the tree. Some varieties, of which Paradise d' 

 Automne is a notable example, have proved nearly worthless 

 if sujffered to ripen on the tree. 



Cultivators of the foreign Grape have invariably found a 

 severe thinning necessary in order to obtain that fruit in its 

 greatest perfection. A similar necessity in kind if not in 

 degree, will be recognized with regard to many varieties of 

 the Pear, especially such as incline to overbear. With some, 

 the mere removing of inferior and imperfect specimens will 

 be sufficient ; from others, one half of the entire crop should 

 be taken away ; while the removal ol a still larger propor- 

 tion will often be found advantageous with such varieties as 

 bear in clusters, and very profusely. By this process, not 

 only is the remaining fruit improved in size and quality, 

 but the tree itself is much relieved in what I apprehend to 

 be its severest task — that of perfecting its seed. The proper 

 time for this operation I deem to be when the fruit is about 

 half grown. If deferred until after it has ripened its seed 

 and begun to " swell off," no advantage whatever will be 

 gained. And in speaking of the Grape in connection with 

 the Pear — I think a marked analogy may be traced in the 

 growth and ripening of the two fruits. Both, in their eaily 



