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" 2nd. Good, healthy trees worked on a good stock — the 

 Angers, or Paris. 



" 3rd. A good, loamy soil, of moderate fertility, on a 

 clay sub-soil, and from eighteen to twenty inches deep. 



" 4th. Planted so deep that all the quince stock is below 

 the surface. 



" 5th. Ordinary good cultivation, and moderate prun- 

 ing, but not pruned so severely as to deprive the plant of 

 power to send down woody matter enougli to keep the 

 roots healthy and active. Nearly all the failm-es can be 

 traced to a want of one or more of the above requisites 

 for successful cultivation." 



The truth is, our climate and soil is not so much against 

 the success of pear, either on its own stock or the quince, 

 as the want of attention to those particular requirements, 

 which are necessary for each, in common with all other 

 fruits, more or less. 



WINTBE ORANGE. Form, nearly round ; size, 2 ; 

 use, kitchen; texture, melting, juicy; quality, 2; season. 

 October to December. 



Eemarks.^ — Good Winter pear, whore, as in the West, 

 there are but few to keep well. Very productive. 



WILHBLMINE, or Beurre d'Amalis. Color, greenish 

 yellow; form, round obovate; size, 2; use, table ; texture, 

 buttery, sugary, juicy ; qualitj', 1; season. Summer. 



Eemakks. — Foreign. Excellent, and delicious. 



Winter Bergamolte. Color, russet; form, round, flat at 

 ends; size, 2; texture, spongy; quality, 3. 



Eemabks. — From England. Not of much value. "Good 

 when taken just in time." — A. H. Ernst. To how many 

 fruits does not this observation apply? There is one cer- 

 tain point in their perfection. It is best for kitchen. 



