SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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trees, just as we were beginning to think ours the favored 
reo-ion of that delicious fruit. Will your correspondents 
inform us, through your pages, of any new preventive or 
cure for this malady'? I am pretty deeply interested, hav- 
ing several hundred young trees, of about 100 different 
■varieties, from which I have promised myself and friends 
many a good treat. 
I find, to my amazement, that I have run this communi- 
cation to a length quite imintended. Apply the scissors 
at your discretion ; only don’t call the “old doctor” squire 
a^ain. Near 30 years familiar use of that, makes any 
other name sound too unnatural. 
Your much esteemed subscriber, 
Willis M. Lla, M.D, 
Near Holly Sprioigs, Miss., 1855. 
p_ s__This region, embracing the Chickasaw cession, 
now generally called North Mississippi, is well adapted 
to Peaches. I am not sure, but it is quite as much so as the 
best peach regions of Georgia. 
NOTES ON PEABS. 
Editors Solh’hern Cultivator— Having fruited quite 
a number of Pears the past season, as well as having seen 
a few grown by others, I have thought that perhaps ray 
observations of tiieir merits and demerits might prove ac- 
ceptable to some of the patrons of your popular journal; 
if so, they are at your service and disposal for what they 
are v/orth. 
First in season came the Summer Bergamot, a small, 
nearly round, yellow fruit, with a gay, red cheek; ripens 
latter part of June. Quality, worthless, being dry, mealy 
and without flavor— not worth a place anywhere. 
Bartlett ox Willi am s Bon Oneof the bestearly 
Pears, being large, of fine color and good flavor; to those 
partial to the vinous flavored Pears, a general favorite. 
The tree grows vigorously on botli quince and standard 
stocks. Quality, very good, nearly best. Ripens 1st to 
1 0th of August. 
Lrniise Bon />’ Jcrsw— Ripens 1st to 10th of August. 
Quality, very indifterent here for one so much lauded at 
the North; barely very good ; being quite astringent. 
Tree thrifty and a profuse bearer. 
Marie Lovise. — Notwithstanding its high character for 
excellence, as chronicled by Downing in his Treatise on 
Fruits, it here proves to be nearly worthless, unless some 
persons can relish a green persimmon. We have ripened 
It upon the tree and in the house ; in both places it is a 
kin to one class of Jeremiah’s Figs. 
Surpass Marie Lrmise.—h can easily prove it.s iv.mie to 
be an index of its quality, and be notlung remarkable 
still. Size, medium and fair ; in quality, hardly good, be- 
ing coarse and dry. Free, one of the most prolinc. 
Belle Lncrolire or Paradise D' Anlomne. — Too much 
cannot be said itiits praise; it is large ; of delicious flavor, 
and productive. Our trees have produced two crops this 
season, the second crop arriving to nearly full size and 
ripening well before frost ; in flavor, we found them equtd 
•to the first crop. Quality, best. , 
Napoleon. — This Pear proves to be, with us, a formid- 
able competitor to that universal favorite, the Seckle; 
Y/hich is saying a good deal in its favor. It will be a long 
time before its superior will be found. In size, it is large 
and of a beautiful golden yellow when fully ripe. Tlie 
tree is one of the most vigorous growers on both quince 
and standard roots — produced two fine crops this season 
with us, the second crop being so numerous that we 
were obliged to take off a large number, whilst tho.se we 
left on arrived to nearly full size and excellence. Quality, 
best. 
Onondaaa or Swaid.^ Orange. A fine large Pear, 
ripening in August and September. Sweet and juicy, but 
a little gritty about the core. Tree vigorous and prolific. 
Quality, very good. 
Beurre Bose. — A noble, large and delicious Pear, ripen- 
ing the 1st to 15th of October. The tree is vigorous and 
bears enormous crops ; we consider it one of the very best 
market Iruits, and wortiiy a place in every collection. 
I Quality, very good, nearly best. 
I Horton. — A fine large native. Pear, but a little astrin- 
i gent next the skin. Tree vigorous and produces a tair 
j crop ; the bloom withstands quite a severe frost, conse- 
! quently, it is a constant bearer. Quality, good. Ripens 
I 15th September to 1st October. 
English Jargonelle. — J had fiargotten to mention tiiis 
I early Pear in its proper place. Jt ripens ne.xt after Sum- 
) mer Bergamot. Had I forgotten it -altogether, no one 
I would have lost much, as it is in the same category w'ith 
i the Summer Bergamot as to flavor, and, then, besides k 
j cracks and rots badly; not worth cultivating. Cannot 
j pronounce it even good. 
} jr/iilc Dmjenne, Virgaliev., or St. MlchacVs, sustains its 
j hitherto high character in every respect, and is subject to 
i none of the maladies complained of at the North ; no col- 
j lection is perfect without it. Quality, best. Ripens 1st 
! to iOth of August, 
; Vicar oj Winl-field or IjC. Cure. — A large and produc- 
I live winter or late autumn Pear, but of very indiflerenC 
i quality with us ; its principle redeeming feature is its pro- 
ductiveness; it is coarse, acid and astringent. We cannot, 
with a quiet conscience, pronounce it even good. 
Seckle. — Like Lorrilard's tobacco, “noi?e better, if as 
good;” fragrant as Burns’ lilies dipt in wine. If those 
who cultivate it have to wait a long time for it, they are 
amply repaid in its superior excellence; no one can eat it 
and forbear wishing they owned all tlie trees in the world. 
Quality, best. 
So far as we have had an opportunity for comparison, 
our Pears are larger and generally of more luscious flavor 
than the same kinds grown in the Northern States. This 
fruit is bound to become the most popular species cultivat- 
ed at the Souih ; producing abundantly, ami being less 
liable than any other to the depredations of insects. 
Should you deem these hasty notes worthy of publica- 
tions we will again resume the suiqect in liie February 
number of your journal. J. V.a.v Buren, 
Clarksville, Ga., 1855. 
iPEOYERES FOE PlilNTEE.'l. 
N.-’.ykr krop amrnals on short aliowancc — if you starve 
them, they M ill surely starve you. 
Although, in draining land thoroughly, 3'cnr purse may 
be drained, yet the full crop.s that follow will soon fill it 
again. 
Trying to farm without capital is like trying to run a 
locomotive without fuel. Mouey and wood must boflt be 
consumed, if I’ac-y are to move the machine of the ferm or 
of the rail. 
Always give ihe soil the fmst meal. If this i.s well fed 
with manure, it will feed all else — platils, aninnds and 
man. 
If ycu v/ish to give an cnergeiic movemcni to all your 
farm machinery, and keep its livudrcd wiieels in rotation, 
be sure not to be without a good rotation of crops. 
If you allow your rnimals to sliiver, your fortune will 
be shivered in consequence; that is, the farmer v/ho 
leaves his cattle to the winds, will find his profits also 
given to the winds. 
E. NW. COULTER 
