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HUYSHE’8 PRINCE CONSORT. 
My specimens, from which I have made 
my drawings and descriptions of this new 
pear, were obtained from trees in the grounds 
of Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, ond I think 
they are the first specimens of the variety 
fruited in this country. There is in this 
pear much of the Passe Colmar, which, 
it is claimed, was the male or fertilizing 
plant of this variety, which the Beurre 
d’ Aremburg was the mother, and the 
artificial production the work of John 
Huyshe, Clytherdon, England. The 
tree is a vigorous grower, with dark, 
brownish-red shoots, having indistinct, 
whitish specks, and rather short joinc- 
ed. There is in its fruit quite a promise 
of value; but I fear that our climate 
will ripen it much earlier than its 
foreigfi description assigns it. It is, in 
Hogg, described as ripening during 
November, while the specimens had by 
me the past Fall were mature in Octo¬ 
ber ; but it will be remembered that all 
our pears ripened earlier the past season 
than usual. 
The size of the fruit, according to my 
specimens, is medium ; but Hogg de¬ 
scribes it as large; and, probably, when 
the trees which bore the specimens 
from which I make my items attain 
full vigor, the size of the fruit will be 
increased. The form is oblong pyri¬ 
form, broken in outline, or depressed 
on one side. In color it is a dull green¬ 
ish, with more or loss of russet dots, 
blotches and specks, becoming bronzy 
in the sun. In appearance It is not at¬ 
tractive, and probably on tbat account 
will not soon become a market fruit. 
The stem is stout, largest at the end 
connecting with the tree. In its connec¬ 
tion with the fruit it is abrupt, and 
without cavity. The calyx small, and 
set in a very deep, abrupt basin, russetty, 
but otherwise smooth. The flesh is of a 
greenish-white, very juicy and meltiug, with 
a rich, musky, vinous, aromatic, sugary char¬ 
acter of really surpassing 1 excellence. The 
core is very small, and situated near the calyx. 
F. R. e. 
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NEW SEEDLING! CALIFORNIA PEARS. 
We learn from one of our fruit cultivators 
that Mr. Fox of San Jose, California, some 
four or five years since, planted a large quan¬ 
tity of Belle Lucrative pear seed, and from 
hundreds of trees grown he has the past two 
seasons been gathering pears, such is the 
prollfleness and early maturity of trees in 
California. From these trees Mr. Fox has 
been gathering fruit and sending samples to 
our leading pomologists hereabouts; and 
while Mr. Fox does not offer any for sale, nor 
desire notice, we feel that his experiments 
and results are worthy notice. We have, 
the/eiorc, obtained a drawing and descrip¬ 
tion of one of the seedlings, which is said t,o 
be as large as any, and while of fine quality, 
not equal to some other numbers. As we 
learn, nearly all these seedlings have a rich, 
yellow, russetty skin all unlike the Belle 
Lucrative, while the forms and qualities sport 
indefinitely. The pear numbered 3, which 
we now figure and describe, we believe was 
sent to the editor of the Gardener’s Monthly 
in the Spring of 1872, showing it a fine keeper. 
It has the general shape and form of Duchesse 
D’Angouleme, is of large size, oblong, obo- 
vats, obtuse pyriform. Skin, rough, russetty- 
yellow; stern, half an inch long, moderately 
stout, set in a half-depressed, wrinkled cav¬ 
ity ; calyx with five half-curved, divided, 
siitf, erect segments set in a shallow, irregu¬ 
lar, inconspicuous basin; flesh, yellowish, 
coarse, granular, juicy, sweel, ai-omatic, with i 
a decided coarse granular surrounding of the 
core ; core, medium size, set near the calyx 
and surrounded or composed of a far finer 
texture than the general character of the 
balance of flesh ; seeds, large, oval, oblong, 
sharp edges, blackish-brown. 
orchard, the habit of the Green Newtown 
Pippin, or true Newtown Pippin, is more 
erect ond filled with spray than is that of the 
Yellow ; and when the trees come into fruit, 
it is rare that a yellow skin or a short, thick 
stem can be found in the Green, while the 
yellow skin and short, thick stem are almost 
part and parcel of the Yellow Newtown 
Pippin. 
Again, the Yellow has almost always an 
FRUITS FOR OHIO. 
We have looked over “ A Reader’s” list of 
fruits which he proposes to plant in Guernsey 
Co., 0., and think it a very good one. You 
might add the 400 Orange quince trees to 
your collection, with a fair prospect of a, good 
return on the investment. If the ourculio 
destroys your Damson plums, they will prob¬ 
ably attack the. Wild Goose plum. Plant 
potatoes, or sorno other low-growing crops 
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liU'i ^HE’S PRINCE CC'NSfORT AND OUTLINE. 
oblique, or one-sided, flattened form, while 
the Green is almost invariably roundish, reg 
ular, and slightly conical. When, for many 
years, I was examining apples and other 
fruits, relative to obtaining truth for publica¬ 
tion in “The Fruit Growers’ Guide,” 1 occu 
pied many days in travel and observation on 
this particular point, ; and all who have copies 
of my first edition will find I figured a true 
Green Newtown Pippin, a Yellow Newtown 
Pippin, and a Yellow Newtown Pippin of 
Lewis Saunders of Kentucky. Now, tins 
latter was doubtless a seedling of the. Yellow 
Newtown Pippin ; but it has been so much 
disseminated, and so irregularly named, and 
is so like its parent, that it would be almost 
impossible to detect the fruit of it from its 
parent. 
Further in this matter, I will say that if 
any man doubts my word, or the fact of there 
being two or more distinct Newtown Pippins, 
and is willing to visit the trees the coming 
season, 1 am ready to give him the 
positions of the same. 
As to the origin of these varieties, 
I confess that, asidefrom Newtown, 
L. I., from whence we have it, came 
the Green variety, the history is like 
that of hundreds of others of our 
fruits—beyond the knowledge of any 
known man. If any of your readers 
pretends to know the origin of all 
our native fruits, I wish he would 
give his name, for I should like, not 
to see him, but his name, recorded 
as a humbug bigger than Barnum 
ever conceived. F. R. Elliott. 
which require hoeing, among your trees until 
they come into bearing. The length of time 
required for this will depend upon the kinds 
of fruit cultivated and the care bestowed 
upon them. 
BARRELING APPLES. 
A Mr. Calkins of Iowa, says in barreling 
apples the barrels should not be allowed to 
stand in the hot aun, as this will induce sweat¬ 
ing, which quickly causes rot and otherwise 
damages the quality of the fruit. 
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P0M0L0GICAL GOSSIP. 
American Blackberries are offered in some 
of the English nursery catalogues, an English 
paper saying they “ Are entirely distinct 
from and superior to our own blackberries.” 
Lawton, Wilson’s Early and Kittatinny are 
1 the sorts most advertised there. 
FRUITS FOR PENNSYLVANIA. 
THE NEWTOWN PIPPIN. 
I notice conflicting opinions relative to the 
point as to whether there is more than one 
variety of Newtown Pippin. Without as¬ 
suming knowledge upon the subject, I desire 
simply to say that a thirty years, or more, 
of knowledge of the apples known as New¬ 
town Pippins convinces me that there are 
two distinct fruits under that name. The 
trees of both varieties are almost identical in 
etc*., while quite young, or growing in 
the nursery; but after being planted in the 
At the late meeting of the Penn 
Fruit Growers’ Society, the voting [ 
indicated the following fruits most 
in favor :—Apples — Smokehouse, \ 
Smith’s Cider and Falla water. Pears \ 
— Bartlett, Lawrence and Seckel. 
Peaches —Crawford’s Early, Craw¬ 
ford’s Late, Old mixon and Smock. \ 
Strawberries —Wilson’s Albany and x 
Triomphe de Gaud. Or apes— Con¬ 
cord. Mr. Tobias Martin of Mere 
cersburg, read a paper upon im 
proved Apples and Pears, in which 
he said the Summer Rambo was 
the beat Summer apple for Penn¬ 
sylvania, and added the following list as 
the most desirable :—Smith’s Cider, Imperial 
Russet, York Imperial and Hubbardson’s 
Nonsuch. Of pears he recommended as 
among the best, Tyson, Brandywine, King- 
sessing, Dana’s Hovey, Dix, Glout Morceau 
and Lawrence. 
Fox’s Seedling, No. 3. 
The Colfax Strawberry is stated, by an Dli- 
noisan, to be such a rampant grower that it 
kills all the weeds and takes care of itself ; 
but what is it good for ? 
The Doyenne <V Klc Pear ripens at Norfolk, 
Va., the latter part of June. Pears and straw- 
berries at the same time are not unwholesome. 
TO GET TEN ACRES IN FOREST. 
I send you a small sketch, showing how 
my woods cuts off about ton acres of my pas¬ 
ture from the balance of tho farm, I have 
improvements enough without it, and want 
to restore it to it s primeval condition again, 
as it was before the woodman saw it. 
I do not want my cattle running in 
the woods, and I want to take away the 
fence from along the road. 
Tho restoration of forests, and the 
cost of fencing, are subjects largely 
considered of late ; and, as my wishes 
have in view both those subjects, may 
I not ask advice in what manner 1 can 
best cover the said ten acres with 
woods again ? 
I will simply say that I have thought 
of cropping it one or two years, and 
then hauling in the loaves and seeds of 
tho adjoining woods and dragging 
them in at the proper season ; also, of 
obtaining such other seeds as may not 
be found near by. Under our laws, 
cattle, may be kept from the highways. 
Yet I am in no hurry to take away tho 
fence, and have thought it would pay to 
reap the benefit of a couple of crops and 
start the young trees before doing so. 
But I ask counsel.— N. Eggleston, Por- 
tape Co., O. 
Oirn advice is, plow up and culti¬ 
vate the ten acres hi some hoed crop 
the coming season, Get it in good tilth. 
The crop you will got from it in 1873 
ought to pay for all tho trees you will 
want to plant upon it in the Spring of 
1874. We do not advise tho make-shift 
way of planting you propose. You had 
better set apart an acre or two of 
your cultivated laud for a nursery, 
and commence growing the trees 
you want to plant at once, meantime 
preparing tho ton acres to receive 
the nursery-grown trees in a year or two. 
One or two acres in nursery, will produce all 
tho trees you will want to plant on the ten 
acres, Many kinds of trees you can grow 
cheaper than you can buy them. Whether 
it is best to buy or grow, must depend upon 
the kinds you desire to plant, and upon your 
knowledge and skill in cultivating. For in¬ 
stance, if hoop poles are valuable with you, 
you will find it profitable to grow the hickory 
(planted thickly, they can be thinned, you 
know) ; but you could buy this tree, prob¬ 
ably, as cheaply as you can grow it in a 
nursery and transplant it to the field when 
one year old, Chestnuts you can probably 
buy, at Painesville, O., cheaper than you can 
grow them. If you desire larch, or the ever¬ 
greens, tho best way is to purchase ; but the 
white ash, elm, maples, and other deciduous 
trees, you can produce, if you have the -cod. 
In no case would we recommend relying upon 
scattering seed as you propose, if you desire 
to reach the best results and in the shortest 
time. It will pay better to go systematically 
to work. 
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ARBORICULTURAL ITEMS. 
Pear Bligh t Fungus, an old gardener says, 
may bo destroyed by sprinkling from half a 
peck to a peck of a mixture of air-slaked 
lime, wood ashes and common salt about tho 
tree, to be applied by removing the soil 
around the t rees to the depth of four or five 
inches, as far as the roots extend. It should 
be applied once <»r twice a year. He don’t 
tell us when is the best time. 
Ashes ami the liorer about fruit trees do 
not agree, according to D. W, Kauffman of 
Iowa, who says that during fifteen years’ ex¬ 
perience he lias never seen the borer in fruit 
trees where ashes were freely used, and that 
he considers them worth $1 per bushel for 
putting around trees alone. 
Woolen Pag Manure was used by a 
Frenchman in Campino, when planting out 
his fruit trees on poor land, each tree receiv¬ 
ing 20 to 24 pounds of it at the time of plant¬ 
ing. This manure is very rich in azote, and 
is said to have produced wonderful results. 
Mulching Pear Trees with salt hay is 
recommended by a correspondent of the 
Tribune, he applying it to the whole surface 
in June and raking it up in November. This 
gives fine crops and protects the fallen fruit. 
Lime for Apple Trees , scattered in a 
powdered state, over the soil late in Fall or 
early Spring, at the rate of one peri: per 
square rod, is said, by a writer in the West¬ 
ern Rural, to be most beneficial. 
The Mndrona Tree (Arbutus Menriesii) 
is a California evergreen which, as an orna¬ 
mental forest tree, is said to be ” unsurpassed 
for grandeur and varied beauty.” 
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