136 FRUIT GARDEN. 
Collins, Striped Madeleine, 
Comte de Flanders, , Theodore Van Mons, 
Doyenne Goubalt, Van Assene or Van Assche, 
Beurre St. Nicholas, Zephyrine Gregoire. 
It is worthy of notice that some of the very Best pears 
known in the United States have originated i in the vicinity 
of the city of Philadelphia; as, for example, the far-re- 
nowned Seckel, the Washington, the Ott, the Tyson, and 
the Chancellor. 
Grafted on the quince, the pear tree does not generally 
live long in the United States, especially where the soil is 
dry, as the quince succeeds best in a moist loamy soil, and 
pears grafted upon their stalks would doubtless also do far 
better on such soils than when placed in sandy, gravelly, 
or other dry situations. 
The Appie TREE (Pyrus Malus) is, under the name of 
the Crab, known as a native of Britain. Most of the‘cul- 
tivated sorts, however, are of foreign origin, and it does 
not seem probable that we possess at present any good 
variety which is more than two hundred years old. The 
finer high-flavored apples are prized for the dessert; the 
juicy and poignant sorts are in request for tarts and sauce ; 
while those of a more austere nature are manufactured into 
cider. 
Several kinds of stocks are used for apple trees. The 
Dutch Paradise, propagated by layers, has long been used 
as a stock for Dwarf apple trees, whether intended for the 
wall or for standards. The Doucin of the French seems 
closely allied to this, if not identical with it. The bur- 
knot varieties increased by cuttings, or young codlin plants 
procured from layers, furnish convenient stocks for trees 
from which it is hoped to procure desirable seedlings. For 
ecmmon purposes, the stocks raised from the pips of crabs 
