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THE CULTIVATOR. 
will prove interesting to some of our readers, as well 
as to show them the treasure which they would possess 
in the work alluded to: 
“ The oldest known variety of the pear is the Autumn 
Bergamot—believed by pomologists to be identically the 
same fruit cultivated by the Romans in the time of Julius 
Csssar—that is to say, the variety is nearly two thousand 
years old. It grows with as much vigor, and bears as 
regular and abundant crops of fair, fine fruit in our own 
garden, as any sort we cultivate. Whole orchards of 
the Doyenne (or Virgalieu) are in the finest and most 
productive stale of bearing in the interior of this state, 
and numberless instances in the western states—and any 
one may see, in September, grown in the apparently cold 
and clayey soil near the town of Hudson, on the North 
River, specimens of this “outcast,” weighing three- 
fourths of a pound, and of a golden fairness and beauty 
of appearance and lusciousness of flavor worthy of the 
garden of the Hesperides,—certainly we are confident 
never surpassed in the lustiest youth of the variety in 
France. The same is true of all the other sorts when 
propagated in a healthy manner, and growm in suitable 
soil and climate.” 
“ To add force to this view [already stated in this arti¬ 
cle,] we will add, that we have had the satisfaction lately, 
of seeing trees of the condemned varieties taken from 
healthy interior districts to the sea-board, where they 
have already borne fruit as fair and unblemished as 
ever;—thus proving that the variety was not enfeebled, 
but only so much of it as had been constantly propagated 
in a soil and climate naturally rather unfavorable to it. 
While in favorable positions it maintained all its original 
vigor.” ****** 
“ A skillful cultivator in Ohio informed us of a casein 
point. Some years ago he planted two Doyenne pear 
trees, both apparently healthy. One was from the sea- 
coast, and the other was from western New-York. The 
fruit of the former, when it came into bearing, cracked, 
and showed all the symptoms of decay common where it 
came from. The other always bore fair fruit. After 
several years careful treatment, he has at las* restored it 
to the original health of the variety.” 
LIVE STOCK IN CONNECTICUT 
Sheep. —Connecticut has many fine-wo jd flocks of 
sheep, some of which we had the pleasure i examining 
in our late excursion though the state. 
John Ward, of Salisbury, near Fall tillage, has a 
flock of 700 Saxons. Their fleeces ave ge 2-§ pounds, 
and sold last year at 60 cts. per pound, fn another part 
of Salisbury, we saw a small flock of Co swolds, belong¬ 
ing to John C. Coffing, Esq. They wer e purchased of 
Mr. Devine, of Washington Hollow, I utchess county, 
N. Y. 
R. G. Camp, Esq., of Litchfield, has n, very superior 
flock of 170 Saxons. They were derived . aostly from the 
noted flock of Charles B. Smith Esq., of T'rringford, Ct. 
The wool of Mr. Camp’s sheep is very nne, and the 
fleeces averaged this season, 2 lbs. 14 ounces which sold 
at 66| cts. per pound. Mr. Smith im >orted two bucks 
from Saxony, in 1843. Both of these bucks Mr. Camp 
has used in his flock. His lambs of the preset 1 season, 
many of them, are certainly very fine. 
Mr. Lucas, of Goshen, has a small flock of ’xed 
Saxon and Merinos, which are remarkable for the we. L v t 
of their fleeces. Twelve ewes, six old ones and si„_ 
yearlings, eight of which reared lambs, gave this season 
6i^ lbs. of well-washed wool—being an average of five 
pounds and two ounces. 
Henry Watson, Esq., of East Windsor, has one of the 
best and most profitable flocks we have met with. He 
is a veteran in the breeding of sheep, as well as other 
stock. He, in connection with Mr. Hurlbut, of Win¬ 
chester, purchased some of the best Saxons of the first 
"importation of Messrs. Searle, of Boston, in 1824. His 
present flock are of various grades of the Saxon blood 
then obtained, crossed with the pure Merino. His wool 
is fine, and he obtains the highest prices for it. At se¬ 
veral manufacturing establishments where we happened 
to call, we saw or heard Mr. Watson’s wool given as an 
example to wool-growers of what was wanted in quality 
and condition, for fine wool. This year it brought 50 
cents per pound, sold in his neighborhood. Last year 
he sold it in the dirt, obtaining a price equal to 60 cts. 
per pound for washed wool. His fleeces average over 
three pounds, washed. Bucks’ fleeces weigh from 5 to 
6| pounds. 
Cattle.— In some districts of Connecticut, there are 
very good cattle,. of the various improved breeds. Se¬ 
veral enterprising citizens imported stock from England 
at an early day. Among those who were first to distin¬ 
guish themselves in efforts to improve this branch of 
husbandry, were the late Gov. Wolcott, of Litchfield, 
Messrs. Samuel and Elizur Wolcott, and Col. Jeremiah 
Wadsworth, of East Windsor. These gentlemen, previ¬ 
ous to the commencement of the present century, and in 
some instances previous to the year 1790, introduced 
into their respective neighborhoods, various bulls and 
cows, either imported or bred from stock which had 
been imported. It is impossible to decide with any cer¬ 
tainty, what was the blood of the cattle brought here so 
many years ago. Gov. Wolcott, it is said, procured some 
animals of Mr. Heaton, of Throg’s Neck, Westchester 
county, (N. Y.) According to the history given of these 
cattle in an American edition of Culley’s Essay on Live 
Stock, published forty years ago, they were Short Horns, 
procured from the banks of Tees, in Yorkshire, England, 
and brought by Mr. Heaton to Throg’s Neck, in 1792. 
Judging from the animals of the present day, which 
seem to possess most of their blood, the original stock 
was similar in character to the ordinary Yorkshire or 
Holderness Short Horns. Large, rather rough and 
coarse boned, thin skinned; when well fed, inclined to 
give large quantities of milk. Cattle having various de¬ 
grees of the blood of this Heaton stock, (we presume,) 
are often met with in Connecticut under the name of the 
“ Eaton breed.” Gov. Wolcott also introduced some ani¬ 
mals, having, as was said, more or less of the Alderney 
blood in them. 
The Hon. Truman Smith, of Litchfield, (for whose 
kind attentious we desire to return our thanks,) waited 
on us to several place* Ms neighborhood, and after¬ 
wards furnished conveyance and accompanied us to 
Goshen. He showed us several cows which were evi¬ 
dently remarkable milkers, said to be descended from 
the stock of Gov. Wolcott. They were called of the 
“ Alderney breed,” but their leading characteristics de¬ 
noted a predominance of the Yorkshire blood. One of 
the cows belonged to Mr. Lyman, of Goshen. 
Goshen, as we mentioned in an article in our last num¬ 
ber, is noted for its cheese-dairies, and several of the 
farmers have at various times made e©” Is to improve 
the milking qualities of their cows, by fc 'oducing bulls 
of the improved breeds. Mr. Lucas, ir.- jnnection with 
Mr. Towner, purchased a Durham buR of John Hare 
Powell, of Philadelphia, some ten or twelve years ago. 
A numerous progeny came from this bull, and so far as 
we learned, it was the unanimous opinion that he con¬ 
siderably improved the dairy qualities of the cattle ol 
the neighborhood. Mr. Lucas has a very well-shaped 
bull, five years old, got by a Durham bull said to have 
been imported by Mr. Hichcock, of New-York, (after¬ 
wards owned by Dr. J. H. Smith, of North Canaan,) and 
from a Durham cow of Mr. Morgan’s, of Hartford. Also 
several thrifty steers from this bull. At Mr. John C. 
Coding's, in Salisbury, we saw a fine lot of eight or ten 
~>ws, mostly half-blood Durhams, which appeared to be 
excellent milkers. 
As we above mentioned, it is generally admitted that 
the half-blood L. Miams arc decidedly better milkers than 
the common stock. Yet it is w*y obvious that most of the 
dairy farmers pay but little attention to the blood or qualities 
of their cattle. Most of them buy their cows; and many 
large herds which we saw presented a most incongruous 
collection of ugly shapes, and animals indicating but few 
good qualities for any purpose. Why need this be so? 
Does not the experience of every farmer teach him that 
some cows are worth nearly double what others are? 
And would it not be altogether better in the long run, 
to raise stock always from those which possess in the 
