THE CULTIVATOR. 
The New Tears. —(Continued.) 
Bkurke Clairgeau. — The large size, 
great beauty, fine quality, productiveness and 
late ripening of this new pear, and the 
handsome pyramid it forms on the quince, 
have given it great celebrity. A want of 
sufficient hardiness, indicated by the effects 
of winter, in some localities, has somewhat 
lessened its high reputation. This defect 
may, however, on further trial, prove of 
comparatively small importance. 
It is large, obovate., pyriform, the larger 
specimens generally distinct pyriform; skin 
yellow when fully ripe, sometimes nearly 
clear and smooth, and at other times, and 
particularly with larger specimens, coarsely 
dotted, and nearly covered with russet, often 
with a handsome crimson cheek towards the 
sun; stalk an inch long, not sunk at inser¬ 
tion ; calyx in a moderate basin; flesh but¬ 
tery and melting, sometimes granular, with 
a u very good” perfumed flavor. The quali¬ 
ty is somewhat variable—from u good” to 
nearly “ best.” On quince, the fruit is of lar¬ 
ger size and of better quality than on pear 
stock. 
Doyenne Sieui.ee. —This pear, although 
well known here for some ten or twelve years 
to several .American pomologists, may proper¬ 
ly be ranked among the newer sorts. The 
tree is an upright and vigorous grower, and 
very productive; while its good quality, and • 
period of maturity through the latter part of 
autumn, and often nearly to mid-winter, ren¬ 
der it quite valuable. It is rather large, 
roundish, slightly obovate; color a rich yel¬ 
low when ripe, often reddened towards the sun; 
dots on the surface rather small and not conspicu¬ 
ous ; stem an inch and a half long, rather deeply 
set in a frequently wide and somewhat ribbed 
cavity; basin quite small, wrinkled ; flesh nearly 
white, fine grained, buttery, with a mild, rather 
aromatic flavor—“ good” or « very good.” 
The Allen Raspberry. 
L. F. Allen made a statement to us at the 
Rochester meeting of the Fruit Grower’s Society 
of Western New-York, in relation to his raspber¬ 
ry, which he wishes us to notice. 
It is not well known where it originated. He 
found it ia a neighboring garden of choice fruits, 
which had been changed to other uses, and the 
proprietor was about throwing them out. They 
are not like any other raspberry known in culti¬ 
vation. They are perfectly hardy without winter 
protection or covering of any kind : stands up¬ 
right without any support, growing in good soil, 
with fair cultivation, six to seven feet high—re¬ 
quiring no artificial support when cut down to 
three or four feet high forbearing. Color of fruit, 
a full bright red, bowl shaped, of good size and 
high flavor. Many thousand plants have beea 
sold, and among all the inquiries made, it has not 
been found identical with any other variety. 
Honesty is a strong staff to lean upon. 
Doyenne ISieulle. 
