870 



GARDENI^JG FOR THE SOUTH. 



low basin ; flesh white, crispy, juicy, melting and sprightly, 

 The tree is thrifty, furnishes fruit fit for cooking a long 

 time; and as they ripen, they become agreeable for the 

 table. Ripens December and January. 



In addition to the above list, Beurre Giffart, Doyenne 

 d'Ete, Ott, Rostiezer, and Tyson, are esteemed early 

 varieties ; Belle et Bonne, Beurre, Brown, B. d'Anjou, B. 

 Oswego, Gansels Bergamot, Bonne des Zees, Brandywine, 

 Doyenne Boussock, De Gris, Flemish Beauty, Henry IV., 

 Leech's Kingsessing, Lodge, Onondaga, Paradise d'Au- 

 tomne, Urbaniste, Van Assene, and Washington, of the 

 middle season ; and Buerre Bretonean, B. Gh-is d^Hiver 

 ISfoveau^ B. Langeliers, Columbia, Doyenne d'Alencon, 

 Elize d'Heyst, Josephine de Malines, Lewis, Princes St. 

 Germain, and Suzette de Bavoy, of the late varieties, are 

 worthy of a trial with those seeking variety, or desiring a 

 large collection. The native pears ripening the last of 

 August, viz., Oomaks, Green Cluster, and Horton, and 

 the Nabours a little later, are very desirable. 



Mr. Summer, of Pomaria, S. C, has published in the 

 Southern Agriculturist a select list of fifty-one sorts, 

 including Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 

 21, 22, 24, of the above described. Mr. Van Buren-, of 

 Clarkesville, gives, as his choice of best sorts, Nos. 3, 7, 9, 

 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 24, 27, and Onondaga and Brown Buerre. 

 H. A. Swasey, of Yazoo City, Miss., recommends, in the 

 Southern Agriculturist, Nos. 2, 6, 10, 11, 14, 22, 27, and 

 Jefferson, Jargonelle, Carolina Sugar, Bufi'am, Prince of 

 Orange, Capiamont, Pound Mammoth, and Le Cure. Dr. 

 J. C. Jenkyns, in Southern Cultivator and Report to the 

 American Pomological Society, speaks highly of Nos. 1, 

 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26; also, 

 among others. Doyenne d'Ete, Beurre Gifi'art, Rostiezer, 

 Tyson, Summer Franc, Real Beurre Gouboult, Leech's 



