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when worked upon our wild stocks raised from the pit and 
cultivated in the same manner as our best fruit stock, then 
budded at the ground line the second year. The varieties 
which I have under cultivation and are doing well, are as 
follows: 
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Columbia, large blue; Imperial Gage, yellow; Washington, 
two varieties, yellow and purple; Madison, yellow'; Coe’s 
Golden Drop, yellow T ; Reine Claud d’Bavay, yellow; Roe’s Au¬ 
tumn Gage, redish purple; Munroe, yellow'; Bingham, yellow. 
The history of my pear experience w'ould not be very flat¬ 
tering. After having planted five to six hundred, watched and 
cared for them, visited them often, talked with them familiarly, 
and tried to encourage them in the belief that a “ better time 
w r as coming,” as soon as I left them for a few days they sick¬ 
ened and died, except a small remnant, the following: 
Beurre Diel, Bartlett, Louisa Bonne de Jersey, Gsband’s 
Summer, Henry IY, Belle Lucrative. 
Nevertheless I am not yet discouraged; but shall continue 
to plant and care for them as usual. The small fruits, such as 
Currants, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Blackberries and Rhubarb, 
I have no trouble in getting a full crop every season. A few 
of the varieties which I think are best for cultivation, or have 
proved so with me, are Wilson’s Albany Strawberry, Brinkles’ 
Orange Raspberry, Lawton Blackberry, White Smith, Crown 
Bob and Houghton Seedling Gooseberries; Victoria and Lin- 
eas’ Rhubarb; “Cahoon’s” is a humbug, in my opinion, as also 
the Strawberry; this is no hasty opinion, as T have had all the 
plants named under cultivation. 
As to dwarf trees they are of but little account, if planters 
w ill but purchase standards, w r ith very low heads. A few' dwarf 
trees planted in our village gardens are very ornamental, and 
may with propriety be planted, if profit is not taken into 
account. I am testing a new stock for dwarf apples; if it 
proves satisfactory, it will afford a theme for a short dissertation 
for a future volume. 
