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PROTECTION OF WALL-TREES. 
number of trees to sell, which may he had on application to 
Mr. Turner, Seedsman, Sheffield. See advertisement on the cover 
for August. This pear ripens about the end of August, and 
continues in use till November. 
Seckle.— This is called by some the New York red-cheek, b^ 
others the Syckle and red-cheeked Seckle. Early in 1819, a paper 
by Dr. Hosack of New York, was read before the Horticultural 
Society, in which this variety is spoken of in the following terms; The 
flesh is melting, juicy, and most exquisitely and delicately flavoured. 
The time of ripening is from the end of August to the middle of 
October. The tree is singularly vigorous and beautiful, of great 
regularity of growth and richness of foliage, very hardy, and posses¬ 
sing all the characteristics of a new variety. Much attention was 
naturally excited by this statement, and the trees which were liberally 
transmitted by Dr. Hosack, along with his description, were eagerly 
sought after. Subsequent experience in this country has amply con¬ 
firmed the American account. It is found to exceed in excellence of 
flayour the very richest of our autumnal pears, possessing a high 
vinous aroma, which can scarcely be compared with any thing in 
fruits, unless with a concentration of the taste peculiar to the Swan’s 
egg. The fault of the variety is, that it only remains in perfection 
for a few days ; it speedily decays after being gathered. The period 
of ripening with us is usually the end of October. 
Article II.—ON PROTECTING WALL-TREES FROM SPRING FROSTS. 
BY MR. ROBERT MARNOCK, BRETTON-HALL, YORKSHIRE. 
In compliance with the request of your valuable correspondent, the 
Author of the Domestic Gardeners ’ Manual, Vol. 2, page 296, of the 
Horticultural Register, I beg to offer a few observations on the 
protecting of wall trees from Spring frost; and from the coincidence 
of that gentleman’s ideas with those I have for some time entertained 
on the same subjectl am the more readily induced to do so. Woollen 
netting, being an article in very general use for that purpose, will 
perhaps be thought to deserve the first consideration; and if ele¬ 
gance and neatness of appearance, were all that were requisite to 
form an efficient protection to these trees during the time they were 
in bloom, it would indeed be superior to any covering that I know. 
Its practical effects, however, prove that something more is required. 
For several years, previous to 1831, I witnessed the effect of this 
kind of covering with various degrees of success, some hundred yards 
of it being annually employed for protecting Peaches, Nectarines, 
Apricots, Cherries, &c.* during the time they were in flower. The 
* The net used was half-inch heath. 
