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LATE PEARS. 
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than 60° or 65°, unless when the weather was such as to raise it above this, with 
a day heat as near 70° to 75° as could be maintained, giving it plenty of water. 
In the winter it was kept in the same house, where the night temperature was 
50°, or often a degree or two lower, not giving the plant a drop of water for 
four months, or until it began to grow, when just enough was given for about 
six weeks to slightly damp the material in which the roots were, after which more 
was applied, to assist both growth and flower. 
But to succeed with it, there are several other matters that must be scrupu¬ 
lously attended to. First, the leaves whilst young, and as they are formed all 
through the growing season, must never, even for an hour, be exposed to the sun ; 
their thin delicate texture cannot bear it. For this reason I always had two or 
three wire bows fixed to the pot, over the young growth, on which was kept con¬ 
tinually a piece of thin scrim, in addition to the usual scrim blinds which were 
in use on the house. Again, the leaves cannot bear the fumes of tobacco, con¬ 
sequently, whenever the house was fumigated, the plants of this Dendrobe, with 
a few other things equally impatient of tobacco-smoke, were always removed. The 
plant is also very liable to be attacked by the yellow thrips, so injurious to orchids, 
getting into the young leaves, and if left undisturbed even for a short time, it 
will quickly destroy the leading leaves, after which the bulbs will not make fur¬ 
ther progress. To keep this insect down, I used every morning through the 
growing' season to syringe some water right into the apex, which was a sure 
preventive. By this means, I have grown a plant on for a score of years, it 
getting each year stronger, so much so that latterly it frequently pushed four 
flowers at a joint, and over sixty from a single stem.—T. Baines, Southgate , N, 
LATE PEAKS. 
JrllSn-R. SAUL’S list of new late Pears (p. 36) must be very valuable to many 
Pear-growers, especially in those cases where a supply is wanted for the 
dessert till the latest possible period. There are generally so many of 
the fine late autumn sorts planted, that others which would keep up a 
succession through the winter and spring months are apt to be neglected. I have 
grown some of the new late varieties described by Mr. Saul, and can endorse 
what he says about their habits and late-keeping qualities. In addition, I have 
grown some new late sorts not mentioned by him, which, I believe, will be found 
acquisitions, namely :— Madame Millet , a handsome delicious melting late Pear, 
of the shape of Easter Beurre, and requiring a wall in a cold climate; Heine des 
Tardives , a medium-sized melting variety, also requiring a wall, and keeping well 
till May ; Doyenne d’Alenqon , a delicious melting late Pear, which grows well 
as a bush or pyramid on the quince stock, and is in season from February till 
May. 
Amongst late Pears better known, Josephine de Malines is a variety of a 
delicious flavour ; its season is from January till April, and it bears well as a bush 
on the quince stock, Hacon’s Incomparable , a large round variety, is very good 
