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the one extending east and the other west. In the follow- 

 ing Spring, these two brancheR were covered with flowers, 

 although no other part of the tree gave out a single blos- 

 som. The author saw this tree ia the Fall, and counted 

 thirtj'-nine fine grown pears on one of the ringed 

 bi-anches. Some gardeners have regarded the plan as 

 being unnatural, as if it was more unnatural to m.ake a 

 tree fruitful by checking the circulation of the sap, than 

 to make it productive hy grafting. 



JULtHNNE, or L'Archduc D'Ete, of Coxe, sometimes 

 called Summer Beiirre. Color, brownish, sometimes bright 

 yellow ; form, obovate ; size, 2 ; use, dessert ; texture, 

 juicy; quality, 1 ; season, August, sometimes July. 



Eemaeks. — Larger than Bloodgood, or Dearborn. 

 Bears in three years on its own stock., Exhibited at the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Eooms by many members during 

 the season. Fruit Committee report it — "A first-rate 

 Summer fruit." Very good, if house-ripened ; equal to 

 Doyenne Gris, the BrO'Wn Beurre, of Coxe. One of the 

 best early pears. Bears young and abundantly, on alter- 

 nate years. The tree is of singular growth, the branches 

 long and bending, with large swellings at the extremities. 

 The wood is of a lively yellow brown. It is sometimes 

 several weefrs in perfection. It bears young and most 

 abundantly. It is cflflled by some the butter pear of Sum- 

 mer. It should be gathered before fully ripe, and kept a 

 few days in the house, as before observed. 



KINGSESSlNG. — Form, obovate, sometimes obtuse; 

 size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality, 1 ; season, Aug. 



Remarks. — From near Philadelphia. Not an early 

 bearer. Eequires double working on quince. — BrincMe, in 

 Horticulturist. 

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