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January. The tree is but a moderate grower, healthy and pro- 

 ductive, and while young the fruit is very variable in quality. 

 It is not probahle that this variety will he worth much in the 

 colder parts of the Dominion, more especially where the summers 

 are very short or cool, for it requires considerable length of season 

 fully to develop and flavor the fruit. 



Lawrbnoe. — ^This variety is worthy of trial wherever the 

 Pear can be grown. The tree is of the more haidy class, very 

 healthy, a moderate grower, and early and abundant cropper. 

 The fruit is of medium size, color lemon yellow when ripe, with 

 frequent traces of russet ; the flesh is melting, juicy, sweet, with 

 a very agreeable aromatic flavor ; quality almost " best." Eipe 

 in December. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey. — Such is the enormous produc- 

 tiveness of this Pear, and the uniform good size and handsome 

 appearance of the fruit, that it has become exceedingly popular. 

 The tree is healthy, a very vigorous upright grower, and succeeds 

 admirably when worked on the Quince stock. The fruit is better 

 when grown on the Quince than on the Pear stock. It is of large 

 size when weU. grown, but when the tree is overloaded, which is 

 a very common occurrence, it is only of medium size. The color 

 is a light or yellowish green on the shaded side, dark brownish 

 red on the other; flesh melting, very juicy, vinous, and in the 

 best specimens of a rich pleasant flavor; quality rarely above 

 "good." Eipe late in September and first of October. 



Manning's Elizabeth. — A small August Pear of great ex- 

 cellence, very sweet, sprightly, with a fine aromatic flavor. The 

 color is bright yellow with a very handsome bright red cheek; 

 and the flesh is melting, juicy and delicious; quality "best." 

 The tree is a moderate grower and very productive. It has not 

 yet been sufficiently distributed throughout the Dominion to 

 speak of its hardihood in our colder sections, but it can probably 

 be grown without any difficulty where the Baitlett succeeds. 

 Eipe in the latter end of August 



Osband's Summer. — This variety has been very generally 



