Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-10
PEAR CULTURE. NO. Q.


grows with reference chiefly to sale in the
market, or TO the farmer or mechanic who
would, at the least trouble, raise enough for
the supply fhis own family. A list, so made
up, would necessarily exclude, on the one
hand, some varieties of the best quality, and
on the other, some eff the most profitable For
instance, the Marie Louise, when well grown,
is considered the standard of excellence, both
in this country and Europe. 1t is handsome,
also, and productive, but was excluded from
the list, because it requires congenal soil and
good culture to insure perfection in the fruit.
The same may be said of the Glout Moroccan
and Passe Colmar, two most delicious fruits
while the Buerre Gutenberg, the king of win
liability of its wood, to disease. When a vari-
ETY. can be produced equal to it in other res
pects and with healthy wood, it will be of in
estimable value. Then there are the Beurre
Hardy, Durandeau, De Tongres Douillard,
Jules Bivort, Kingsessing, and others, equal
in quality to most of those in the first twelve
of the list, and promising well in all respects,
but which have not vet been tested a sufficient
length of time to be placed decidedly i'll that
rank Then, too, there Is the Clairgeau, the
most magnificent of all pears, in size, and ex-
ternal beauty, of great productiveness, and
which promises on suitable soil, to be as excel
lent in quality as it is beautiful in its looks,
yet the doubts felt by some, in relation to it,
have, for the present, justly excluded it from
the place we trust it is yet destined 20 hold
among our choicest fruits.
We have made up list of 96 varieties,
most of them well tested, which we denomn-
ate the amateurs list, to distinguish it from the
former, in which reference has been had, pri-
marily, to the quality of the fruit when proper
ly grown. 1t is as follows:
AMATEUR's LIST.
lst Ttvelue-Baronne de MellO, Belle Lucrative,
Beurre Bose, Beurre Superfn, Doyenne du Comice,
Durandeau de Tongl Gray Doyenne, Marie Lou
ise Paradise d'Automne Seckel, Urbanlste, Winter
Nelis.
st Nicolas, Brown Beurre, Figue d'Alencon, Glout
Moroccan, Mareschal de COur, Passe Colmar Rostie-
ger, St. Ghislain, Thompson, Zephirin Gregoire:
Sd Ttcelre.-Alexandre Lambre, Beurre Giilard,
Beurre Montgeron. Dix, Doyenne Boussock, Easter
Beurre Flemish Beauty, Jules Bivort, Kingsessing,
Lawrence, Madam Eliza, Sheldon.
We tried to find place in the above for
Beurre Del, Bloodgood, Dearborn's Seeding,
and others, but could not, without extending
the number. We have also prepared list,
which we call the Orchardists List, having
reference, primarily, to their proftableness for
culture for the market This we have extend
ed 10 n bakers dozen as follows:
oRoHARDIsT's LIST.
Bartlett, Benrre d'Anjou, Beurre Nantais, Buffum,
Capiaumont Catae, Doyenne Boussock, Ouch
esse d. Angouleme, Figue dAleneOn, Lawrence, Leon
Leclerc of Laval Louise Bonnie de Jersey, Paradise
d'Automne, Secke Swans Orange, Vicar of Wink
field.
Two articles have been published in How
ey's Magazine of Horticulture one in March
1858, and the other in March, 1850, containing
some general remarks on this subject, with
notes on varieties Of pears, from which we
make the following extracts, as pertinent at
this time
In the mass of new kinds of pears, produced
in Europe within the last thirty years, which
are classed as of the best quality, now num-
bering something like thousand varieties, a
large proportion of them will never be of
much value to us, in our present state Of cul-
ture, except to amateurs, who do not regard
the expense, so that they obtain a superior
fruit. For general cultivation, several requis-
ties are desirable, such as vigorous growth,
hardihood, productiveneso, and adaptation to a
variety of soils, in the tree, and size, beauty,
fine flavor, and good keeping in the fruit; and,
just in proportion as these qualities prevail or
are deficient in any variety, is its value for
cultivation increased or diminished. Some of
the very best fruits are unworthy in conse
quence of such defects. The White Doynne
cracks and blasts; the Gray Doyenne is feeble
in growth, not hardy, and requires peculiar
soil and culture the wood OF the WredOw,
Gansels Seckel, and Van Mons Leon lie Clerc,
all first class fruits, canker so badly as to
make them outcasts and the Beurrc d Arem-
berg, the best Of all winter pears, gives indica-
tons of having to be, at no distant day, placed
in the same category. The Colmar d Arem-
berg, which, with good culture, on a deep
warm loan, in sheltered situation, with the
branches well shortened in, is one Of the most
magnificent and delicious OF fruits, is, under or
binary circumstances, almost worthless, and
quite so as dessert fruit. The Beurre Benoist,
Delces d Hardenpont of Anglers, and some
Others, are delicious fruits, but the trees are so
delicate and feeble to require the best of soil
and extra care in the culture. Others, again,
do well in particular soils and eXpositions, or
in favorable seasons, but fail under different
circumstances.
The Bartlett is one of the varieties that COM
bines the greatest number of desirable quail
ties. It's prominent defects are, that it perish.
es almost Immediately after ripenng, and the
tree is rather tender when young. 1t is found
that vigor of growth, productiveness, long
keeping, size, and beauty, combined with toll.
cradle good quality, are more desirable for