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feet others will not make as many inches. The Seckel does not 

 succeed well, fruit small, but exquisitely flavored. On the .contrary 

 I measured young shoots on the Dix the other day three feet in 

 length, although the tree was only planted last spring. Beurre 

 GifTart I gathered yesterdy (July 20th,) full ripe ; it is a beautiful 

 fruit, and as an early good pear will be largely planted when better 

 known. 



The Easter Beurre I consider the best late, I kept some of the 

 fruit until the end of March, and they were excellent, as juicy as a, 

 fresh gathered peach. Glout Morceau and winter Nelis are also 

 fine late pears. Louise boune de Jersey grows freely and produces 

 the greatest quantity of beautiful, fine fruit. Vicar of Winkfield 

 does not do well here, the fruit cracks even on young trees, ancf 

 limbs are constantly dying off, sometimes the whole tree. I have 

 observed it the same on several places. Otherwise it is a heavy 

 bearer, although I consider the fruit of secondary quality. Fondante 

 of Autumn is a free grower and bears well, fruit of fine quality. 

 Tyson and Bartlett both fine early sorts, the former grows more 

 luxuriant them the latter on the quince; Bartlett is very large and 

 first rate. Dutchess d' Angouleme I think a first rate pear in every 

 respect, tree thrifty and fast grower, fruit large and produced freely. 

 Some complain of gritteness in this fruit. I do not find any if 

 gathered two or three weeks before eating. All pears, however, 

 are better for being gathered sometime previous to use, indeed some 

 are not fit for anything otherwise. White Doyenne I consider equal 

 if not superior to the Seckel in eating qualities. Doyenne d' ete 

 is very early and on this account worthy of a place in all collect 

 tions, and is a good table fruit if pulled and ripened in the house, 

 when allowed to fall from the tree it is tasteless. Bloodgood is also 

 a fine early pear of good flavour; indeed fine pears are now so. 

 plentiful, that it is difficult to say which is best. There are many 

 excellent sorts of which I have no practical acquaintance. If I 

 were to plant fifty trees to ripen fruit in succession for eight months, 

 in the year confining myself to 12 varieties I would probably make 

 a selection as the following : — 1 Doyenne d' ete, 3 Beurre Giffart, 



