. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . qualitiesarc not ascertained, but it promises to be sulliciently productive, and will, withoutdoubt, take a high rank among our best late pears. Beurre Kennes.—Size, me-dium. Font/, ]»yriforni, inclin-ing to turbiiate; some speci-mens much flattened at thepoles. Cuhjx, sunk in a mode-rately deep cavity. Stem, aboutone inch in length, planted onthe apex, sometimes in a fleshyring or protuberance. Color,brownish-green, clouded with agauze-like covering of russet,stippled with red and graydots; at maturity, yellowish,suflused with a
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . qualitiesarc not ascertained, but it promises to be sulliciently productive, and will, withoutdoubt, take a high rank among our best late pears. Beurre Kennes.—Size, me-dium. Font/, ]»yriforni, inclin-ing to turbiiate; some speci-mens much flattened at thepoles. Cuhjx, sunk in a mode-rately deep cavity. Stem, aboutone inch in length, planted onthe apex, sometimes in a fleshyring or protuberance. Color,brownish-green, clouded with agauze-like covering of russet,stippled with red and graydots; at maturity, yellowish,suflused with a of brownand crimson on the sunny , yellowish-white, meltingand juicy. Flavor, sweet, rich,agreeably perfumed. Season,October 1st to 15th. Qualify,very good; may prove best. Tree, not yet provedon the pearstock, but sullicientlyvigorous on the quince. A newBelgian variety, described inthe Annales de Pomolof/ie. Thefruit is borne in clusters, andadheres strongly to the branchesduring the autumnal gales. Buerre Kennes. ^^t^ j^ continued.). GARDEN VEGETABLES, NO. 5. —SWEET CORN. BY WM. CnORLTON. To write anything on the cultivation of Indian Corn would appear, on firstconsideration, like a waste of words. Uowever, as we so often sec only an indif-ferent quality, and so seldom meet with a good or regular successive supply, alittle talk respecting it may be of service to some of your readers. Here we have a true Native American, which is known amongst botanists bythe cognomen, Zea Mays, and is one of the very numerous family of Cereals. Corn, in general, will always give a good percentage of interest when well cul- ated, and Sweet Corn, in particular, is not, strictly speaking, wholesome, unlea supply in the soil of the required ingredients for the formation of a perfect
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