42 THE FLORIST AND 



Summer Butter, medium size, pear shape, 



Tyson, under medium size, 



Rostiezer, do do do 



Stienmetz's Catharine, beautiful long ftnit^ nearly medium size, 



Ott, very similar to the Seckle, 



Bartlett, large long fruit, yellow when ripe, sells in Philadelphia 



market at six cents each, 

 Washington, medium size, long shape, 

 Seckel, under medium size, 



Louise Bonne de Jersey, long large fruit, color of the Seckel, 

 Fondante d' Automne, large round fruit, 

 Van Mons Leon Le Clerc, large long fruit, 

 Lodge, brownish yellow, medium size, 



Kingsessing, half round or nearly round, above medium size, 

 Duchesse d' Angouleme, very large, frequently weighs eighteen 



ounces, very good for either kitchen or table — October, 

 Vicar of Winkfield, November, large long fruit, great bearer. 

 Beurre d' Aremberg, very large, yellow when ripe in December 



and January, 

 Jaminette, round, greenish yellow when ripe in January and 



February, medium size. 



Another very important item to purchasers, is to procure good 

 roots with their trees, the size of the trees in my estimation is of 

 minor importance compared with the durancy of the article. The 

 Pear nourishes best on a rich loam, with a dry bottom. Spent 

 ashes, bone dust and charcoal in equal proportions, giving each tree 

 half a peck of the mixture, will greatly promote their growth. — 

 The soil eight feet in diameter and eighteen inches deep, should be 

 well prepared, by digging, or thorough subsoil plowing, giving a 

 very liberal supply of decayed barn-yard or street manure ; these 

 articles can be used at once, though we deem it advisable to work 

 the ground one year previous to planting, and have it in perfect 

 order — the trees will repay the labor in five years ; obtain them if 

 jDossible on the Angers Quince stock, and they will produce fruit the 

 second year after planting. After the tree is securely planted, cover 

 the soil with litter of any kind. Tan has been much mentioned for 

 this purpose, and on light sandy soil is very advantageous, but on 



