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Michigan; late strawberry, good in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; Ameri- 

 can summer pearmain, generally and highly esteemed; Hawley, promis- 

 ing well; maiden's blush, everywhere hardy and productive; Fallawater, 

 second quality, but everywhere valuable; white pippin, one of the best 

 for central and southern Ohio; white winter peartnain, highly prized in 

 Indiana and Illinois, unknown in Ohio; Pryor's red and Rome beauty, 

 southern Ohio; red Canada, northern Ohio. The following sorts have 

 generally done well-: Winter sweet paradise, Broadwell, Tallman sweet, 

 Danver's sweet. The Northern spy had done well in Kentucky, St. 

 Louis, a»d Indiana, although diminished in keeping qualities. 



In addition to the preceding lists, the following has been furnished 

 by M. E. Patrick, of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., a place remarkable for 

 its intense winters and severe winds. Vigorous growers and perfectly 

 hardy — Hawthornden, sops-of-wine, late strawberry, Jewett's red, Orne's 

 early. Nearly as hardy — ^Early harvest, summer queen, fall orange, 

 Hawley, King (Tompkin's), American golden russet, Swaar, Benoiii, red 

 Astrachan, Ribston pippin. Somewhat tender — Rambo, Dyer, Graven- 

 stein, fameuse. Half hardy — Jonathan, Dominie, sweet Baldwin, Dae 

 ver's sweet, Belmont, Canada Reinette, yellow bell-flower. Tender — 

 Baldwin, twenty-ounce, Tallman sweet, fall pippin, sweet-bough, sum- 

 mer rose, early strawberry, early Joe, Jersey sweet, Oldenburgh, Rox- 

 bury russet (very poor), Westfield seek-no-further, ladies' sweet, Esopus 

 Spitzenburgh, Porter, Lowell, lady apple, Newtown pippin, English rus- 

 set. Northern spy, red Canada, Rhode Island greening, Peck's pleasant. 



From the preceding lists it will be seen that the following have 

 proved hardy wherever tried, without exception, viz. : sops-of-wine, late 

 strawberry, white winter pearmain, wine-sap, fall orange, Fallawater, 

 maiden's blush, Carolina June, and red Astrachan. 



Pears. — B. W. Steere, Adrian, Mich., gives the following list : Ten- 

 der — Bartlett, Seckel, Winkfield, Oswego beurre. Hardy — Flemish 

 beauty, Tyson, Rostiezer, Doyenne d'ete, beurre d'Anjou, belle lucra- 

 tive, Onondaga, and Lawrence. 



The Ohio Pomological Society, in its transactions for 1857, gives 

 from the report of some of its members the following pears as having 

 proved valuable at Cincinnati : Walker, Fontenay, Jalousie, Andrews, 

 Gray Doyenne, Urbaniste, belle lucrative, Flemish beauty, Kirtland, 

 Doyenne SieuUe. 



I. C. Allen, of Lena, Stephenson Co., HI., furnishes the following list 

 of pears, the results of his experience in that region. Very hardy — 

 Flemish beauty. Hardy — Stevens' Genesee, Susette de Bavay. Half 

 hardy — Doyenne d'ete, white Doyenne, Easter beurre, Glout Morceau, 

 Bilboa, Henry IV., Seckel, Tyson, Bcrgamotte Cadette, Aremberg. 

 Tender — Bartlett, belle lucrative, beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Bosc, Catillac, 

 Chauraontelle, Dearborn's seedling, Angoulfeme, Louise Bonne of Jer- 

 sey, Madeleine, Vicar of Wakefield, Van Mons' Leon le Clerc. 



Cherries. — The dukes and Morello cherries, such as early -Richmond, 

 Mayduke, belle magnifique, belle de Choisy, Morello, etc., all succeed 

 well at the West, while the heart and bigarreau varieties generally fail. 



Small Fruits. — Currants, Houghton's gooseberry, and the smaller 

 fruits generally, succeed well thi'onghout the West. 



