I.ITTLE MUSCAT. 
The following character of this Pear, given in Lindley's guide 
to the Orchard, will assist in distinguishing it. Eye small, 
\nth a reflexed calyx prominently placed on the summit. Skin 
yellow, coloured with dull red on the side next the sun. Flesh 
white, with a sugary musky perfume.” It should be added, 
that it is juicy, and a little gritty ; and is sprinkled over with 
fine specks ; which, under the microscope, are seen to be pro- 
duced by the bursting of a minute portion of the cuticle, dis- 
closing a white powder, surrounded by a dull red halo, which, 
on the exposed side, becomes confluent. The Pears are pro- 
duced in bunches, and should bo gathered before they are com- 
pletely ripe. Opinions will differ in some degree as to the 
exact state of mellowness, wliich they should assume before 
being eaten. Like most early fruit, they continue but a short 
time in perfection. 
If intended as an orchard tree, the Little Muscat should 
be grafted on a Pear stock ; but for the garden, it should be 
grafted on a quince stock. It may be kept to any size required; 
the only secret being, that when by cutting back, for the pur- 
pose of keeping the tree dwarf, it shoots too freely to be pro- 
ductive, the soil should be removed, sometime in the winter, 
from over its roots, and two or tliree of these be shortened to a 
foot or two in length, according to the strength of the tree. By 
this practice, and regard to spring frosts, it may be kept to the 
size of a gooseberry tree, if it bo desired, and in a healthy state 
of regular bearing. 
