. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. egrained, melting, sweet and fine from the 10th to the last of August.* II. THE PAQUENCY. This is one of the most delicious autumnvarieties. The tree is a rapid, vigorousgrower, and extremely prolific. Like theBelle de Bruxelles, the fruit requires thin-ning. We had them in eating, the pastautumn, at the same time with the WhiteDoyenne, Seckel, Ananas, XJrhaniste, Onon-daga, Stevens Genesee, and other first ratesorts, and on being tasted and comparedwith them by our neighboring connoisseursin these matters, they were
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. egrained, melting, sweet and fine from the 10th to the last of August.* II. THE PAQUENCY. This is one of the most delicious autumnvarieties. The tree is a rapid, vigorousgrower, and extremely prolific. Like theBelle de Bruxelles, the fruit requires thin-ning. We had them in eating, the pastautumn, at the same time with the WhiteDoyenne, Seckel, Ananas, XJrhaniste, Onon-daga, Stevens Genesee, and other first ratesorts, and on being tasted and comparedwith them by our neighboring connoisseursin these matters, they were freely admittedinto that class. Fruit, medium size. Shape, regular py-riform, broadest one-third above the eye,tapering regularly to a point at the stalk. * Note.—I have been informed that the Belle de Bruxelles ofsome of the Boston Gardens, has proved to be the Belle etBonne, a round fruit, of great size, productiveness and beau-ty, but deficient in fine flavor. It does well with us, bears ingreat clusters, ripens from the middle to the last of Fig. 105. The Faquency Pear. Skin, smooth, dark yellow at maturity, witha tinge of dull red on the side fully exposedto the sun, sprinkled with dots and smallpatches of russet. Stalk, over an inch long,quite stout, of a dark brown color, andslightly curved. Calyx, open, segmentsstiff, basin shallow and marked with , white, not very fine grained, butmelting and abounding with a rich perfum-ed juice. Core, small. (See^s, perfect, darkbrown. Ripens in October, and is in use tillNovember.* P. B. Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. * We first tasted this pear three seasons since at the resi-dence of Col. Wilder, near Boston, who we believe intro-duced it. Its flavor is excellent.—Ed. 448 HOW TO RAISE THE BEST GOOSEBERRIES. HOW TO RAISE THE BEST GOOSEBERRIES. BY A JERSEYMAN. g,R—I hear almost every body complain ofthe diflicuUy of raising fine bushes, to be sure, grow easily enough.
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