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on the pear, regards with special favor Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett, Shel- 

 don, Buerre d'Anjou, Beurre Bosc, Belle Lucrative, Lawrence, Duchesse 

 d'Angoulgme, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Doyenne du Cornice, the three 

 last named on quince. 



Grapes. — Most of the grapes which succeed elsewhere at the North 

 are on trial here. The most noticeable old and popular sorts are the 

 Concord, Hartford, Delaware, Diana, Eumelan, some of Rogers's Hy- 

 brids, and the Worden, originating in Western New York. 



Strawberries. —The " Essay on the Strawberry " of Mr. William 

 H. Earle, an eminent cultivator, states that the most profitable kinds are 

 the Charles Downing, Jucunda, and Wilson's Albany. Amateurs are 

 growing all the new varieties. Of the profits of strawberry culture Mr. 

 Earle remarks, " If one takes interest in the business, he will be surprised 

 at the possible results. On about three acres of land I realized a gross 

 income of a little over two thousand dollars." 



WESTERN DIVISION. 



Mr. John W. Adams, an intelligent cultivator of Springfield, regards 

 the following as leading sorts : — 



Apples. — Summer: Red Astrachan, Duchess of Oldenburg. Autumn: 

 Porter, Gravenstein. Winter: Baldwin, Hubbardston Nonesuch, Tomp- 

 kins-county King, Northern Spy, Rhode-Island Greening. Sweet Apples: 

 Sweet Bough, Orange Sweet, Talman Sweet. 



Pears. — Summer: Doyenne* d'Ete, Manning's Elizabeth, Clapp's 

 Favorite, Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, Doyenne Boussock, Duchesse d'An- 

 goul&me, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Onondaga, Seckel, Beurre Bosc, Law- 

 rence, and Winter Nelis. 



Grapes. — The grape-culture, Mr. Adams remarks, is still confined to 

 a few varieties which have proved themselves best adapted to this locality. 

 Among those classed for hardiness, vigor, and productiveness, he names 

 Concord, Clinton, Champion, Hartford, Ives, Martha, and Worden. He 

 regards the Champion or Talman, which is the same, as the best very 

 early grape, and the Worden as much prized, and earlier than the 

 Concord. Of the Concord Mi - . Adams remarks, "A single vine, eight 

 years old, on my own place, allowed to grow at random, ripened this year 

 a quantity estimated to exceed three thousand bunches, equalling in 

 sweetness and flavor those that came from the South." 



Strawberries. — Mr. Adams states that the cultivation of the straw- 

 berry is increasing. The kinds most approved of are Charles Downing, 

 Col. Cheney, Kentucky, Nicanor, Seth Boyden (No. 30), and Triomphe 

 de Gand. The Duncan is attracting attention on account of its earliness 

 and richness, and the Monarch of the West for its srze and productive- 

 ness. 



THE PRESERVATION AND RIPENING OF FRUITS. 



In regard to the preservation and ripening of fruits there 

 is very little new to be reported. The conditions of success 

 are now pretty well understood. Our farmers who raise 



