. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. Tlip Early Joe is amost ilesirablo fruit. Spriplitly, -witliout unplea-sant acidity, rich, but not cloyinp, jilontiful injuico, but not watery; it combines in an eminentilepree all those qualities which arc acceptable tomost persons, in a ticssert apjile. AVe think it maysafely be set down as equal to the best of any sea-son. It oripinated in the orchard of Oliver Ghapin,East nioomfield. Ontario county, N. Y. Fruit, meiiium size, roundish, considerably flat-feneil; skin smooth and shininfr? when well grown;if crowded, black spots a
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. Tlip Early Joe is amost ilesirablo fruit. Spriplitly, -witliout unplea-sant acidity, rich, but not cloyinp, jilontiful injuico, but not watery; it combines in an eminentilepree all those qualities which arc acceptable tomost persons, in a ticssert apjile. AVe think it maysafely be set down as equal to the best of any sea-son. It oripinated in the orchard of Oliver Ghapin,East nioomfield. Ontario county, N. Y. Fruit, meiiium size, roundish, considerably flat-feneil; skin smooth and shininfr? when well grown;if crowded, black spots are not unfrequent; nearlycovered, where exposed to the sun, with irregularstripes of deep and pale red, through which appearnumerous green spots. Stalk, rather slender, and inserted in a deep, andgenerally russeted cavity. Calyx small, closed;ends of the segments reflexed. Flesh white, extremely tender, of a mild, andmost agreeable flavor. liipe middle of 8th has slow growth, and dark colored wood andfoliage. W. R. Smith. Macedon, I2th mo. ^^ [Mr. Smith also obligingly sent us, with theabove, an outline and descrii)tion of the Onondagapear, which, since it has been fully described inour last number, we omit.âEd.] The Pkar Blightâjjear Sir: I am inclinedto think that the opinion of your correspondent inthe December number of the Horticulturist, withrespect to Pear Blight, is plausible. So far as Iknow, there has none of it appeared in this region,for nearly twenty years. About that time, it madeits appearance in this city, and prevailed for twoor three years, during which time, it swept offal-most all our trees. The disease did not exteml to my fathers farm on the Mohawk flats, a mile westof this city, until a year or two after it commencedhere. Antl out of about thirty fine young j)eartrees, just beginning to bear, in two years, onlyone, a St. Germain, was left; this tree yet sur-vives. Every few years, the thrifty young branchesof the Plum and Quince, as we
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