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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Sept. 
DortiruUurdi 
Summer Frarikreal. 
Summer Pears. 
To the list of summer pears figured and described 
few weeks since, we add the following : 
Rostiezer.— This late summer pear, 
on account of its exceedingly rich and per¬ 
fumed flavor, in connexion with its small 
size, bears the same relation to summer 
pears that the Seckel does to autumn va¬ 
rieties. Unlike the Seckel, however, it is a 
free flower, and usually succeeds well on 
the quince. The Rostiezer is rather small 
in size, obovate-pyriform, regular; the 
skin is dull brownish green, with a dark, 
dull, reddish brown cheek when exposed 
to the sun, with sdme traces of thin russit; 
stalk long and slendor ; flesh juicy, melt¬ 
ing, sweet, with a high, excellent, per¬ 
fumed flavor. The young shoots become 
dark purple. A European variety, not ex¬ 
tensively known. 
Tyson. —For a combination of high 
flavor, melting texture, good size, and the 
free growth of the tree there is no summer 
pear that exceeds or evene quals the Tyson 
The young trees are long in coming into 
bearing, which is its -only drawback. It 
grows vigorously, however, on the quince, 
and the dwarf trees bear sooner. In size 
it is full medium, being about as large as 
the Virgalieu; it is obovate-pyriform, or 
nearly obconic; the skin is bright yellow, 
with a reddish brown, softly shaded cheek, 
and often some russet; the stalk is rather 
large, inserted in a small fleshy prominence 
which is abruptly contracted from the 
rounded neck ; the flesh is of fine texture, 
buttery,, very melting, juicy, with a sweet aromatic, 
slightly perfumed, excellent flavor. The shoots are 
erect, dark reddish brown, with a vigorous growth. 
An American variety, ripening late in summer. 
Summer Frankreal. —This is an older sort, and 
although not standing so high in character as the two 
preceding, still possesses several valuable qualities. 
It is one of the best varieties for successful culture on 
the quince, and indeed it should be grown on no other 
stock, as this gives decidedly the best flavor to the 
fruit. Its size is medium ; form short-obovate, with a 
slight obtuse neck, the body tapering a little to the eye; 
skin pale yellowish green,sometimes with a faint blush; 
calyx closed, basin furrowed; flesh white, fine grained, 
buttery, melting, rich and “ very good,” or nearly 
first-rate in quality. It ripens late in summer. The 
shoots and leaves have an unusually downy appear¬ 
ance. «»— 
03T The Cumberland Co. (N. J.,) Ag. Society will 
hold their first fair in Bridgeton on the 28th Septem- 
Rostiezer. Tyson . 
California Lettuce. —Either their lettuce or their 
stories are very large in California. S. W. Seger states 
in the California Farmer that he has raised a head 
of lettuce, of the early head variety, as closely pack- 
as a drumhead cabbage, two feet in diameter . 
Destroying Green Aphis. —B. Snyder, of Rhine- 
beck, N.Y. informs the Am. Agriculturist, that he has 
very successfully destroyed the green aphis on his 
young apple trees, by dipping the affected branches in 
a vessel containing strong soap-suds, in which the 
young shoots of the Ailanthus have been bruised, so as 
to make an infusion. He considers the Ailanthus the 
chief agent, from its well-known offensive oder. We 
have been equally successful with the soap-suds with¬ 
out the Ailanthus, and the probability is that the lat¬ 
ter is of no essential use. It is not nearly so offensive 
and poisonous as tobacco, no infusion of which has 
any effect, the strongest decoction being necessary to 
affect the aphides 
