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but I heard lately a gardener say, that he could show some New 

 Holland plants, such as, Poly gala, Calothamnus, Acacia, &c, grow 

 in a soil in which he would defy Sir Humphry Davy, Gay Lussac, 

 or Leibig himself to find peat, any more than in his night-cap : — 

 Do you believe it ? I do. Anthophilus. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Mr. Editor : — If ydu will permit me to lay a plain approval of a 

 few select fruits, before your readers, perhaps some of them may 

 be benefited thereby. The writer has to his great loss, planted 

 many sorts of Pears, which he has now to graft over again after 

 they come into bearing. The very complimentary manner which 

 nurserymen and book-makers have in setting off their descriptions, 

 makes green-horns pay double^ or plant twice. I am sensible that 

 Pears that are very fine to some, are only so-so to others — all de- 

 pends upon the qualifications of the judges. Ten years ago, the 

 Bloodgood Pear might be highly esteemed by some, and the Summer 

 Bonchretien admired by others ; whilst the Bartlett was looked 

 upon as unsurpassable. Now a-days the two first are not worth 

 culture, and the last is classed amongst the best. Unfortunately 

 for us our fine native kinds have been set aside or neglected, because 

 they are natives, and Napoleon, Flemish Beauty, Beurre Capiau- 

 mont and some other foreign sorts sought for, that after trial prove 

 worthless. Fruit growers are much indebted to your fellow-citizen, 

 Dr. Brinckle, who has brought into just repute many of our esteemed 

 native fruits. I write this almost under the shade of a native Lodge 

 Pear, whose towering head is at least thirty feet high, and its fruit 

 is sold in Philadelphia market at 50 cents a half peck, and I heard 

 a neighbor farmer say, that it brought that price twenty years ago. 

 That tree is worth an acre of wheat, and does not cost one-tenth of 

 the labor. I have said more than I intended, but now for My list. 

 Some other of your many readers may correct it ^nd do better, 

 which I will be happy to see. The following 17 sorts are named 

 as they ripen, and will be in eating from July to February — they 

 can be had of any good nurserymen :' 

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