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Orchards of summer Pears, planted with a view to profit, should 
certainly contain: — 
I. Standards. II. Bush Trees. 
Beurre d'Amaniis. Williams (or half-standard). 
Epargne. Favorite de Clapp. 
Andre Desportes. Doeteur Jules Guyot. 
Blanquet. Monsallard. 
Doyenne de Merode. Doyenne de Merode. 
Monsallard. Triomphe de Vienne. 
Kousselet. Madame Treyve. 
Citron des Carmes. Souvenir du Congros. 
Brandy wine. Brandy wine. 
Beurre Lebrun. Doyenne de Juillet. 
Summer Pears find favour everywhere ; their enticing appear- 
ance and pleasant and agreeable aroma make them always 
alluring. The fruit merchants never forget it, and buy up the 
early crops in advance, being always sure of a rapid sale. But 
for a merchant of this kind the quality of the fruit is of quite 
secondary importance, its good looks and ability to stand rough 
handling in transport being the chief considerations. The buyer 
is only a chance customer, a bird of passage, whom he takes no 
great pains to please. After buying the summer Pears, he will 
take the autumn ones, and then the winter ones, which are 
dearer and less plentiful. But when spring has ones more come 
back, he recommences his purchases of summer Pears, and 
consoles himself by storming at the merchant who deceived him 
last year. 
Some choice varieties of trained trees are cultivated round 
about Paris, which we must not omit to mention. 
The Montmorency valley, containing the parishes of Groslay, 
Dormont, Saint-Brice, Montmagny, d-c, supply an excellent 
example. The fields of Asparagus and Gooseberries arc inter- 
sected by rows of Pear trees of the following varieties : — 
Williams, Bcurrd d'Amaniis, and Doijeimd de Mdrode, summer 
sorts ; and Louise-Bonne, Ducliesse, and Beurre Diel, autumn 
sorts. About 1150,000 kilos, are exported, valued at from 25 to 
50 francs per 100 kilos. The sorting and packing is done by 
specially appointed workmen, and the boxes thus packed and 
