The comet., 1879-11-22
SUMNER PEARS.

The Bartlett is the earliest pear that
appears in our market in any cOnsld-
erable quantity. While this is ranked
by fruit judges as only second or third
rate, it is easily the first i'll popular es-
timation. A nurseryman of large eX-
perience once said to us, that of every
one hundred pear trees planted in this
country, ninety were Bartletts. 1t
has many elements of popularity. One
of these is, that if picked when scarce
ly more than half grown, it will ripen
up and become eatable. This quality
allows the Bartlett from Southern
orchards to be placed in Northern
markets as the earliest pear, and its
excellent keeping qualities are greatly
i'm its favor. But those who raise fruit
for their own use can have pears and
much better ones than the Bartlett,
long before that is ripe in northern
markets as tho earliest pear, and its
excellent keeping qualities are greatly
in it's favor. But those who raise fruit
for their own use can have pears and
much better ones than the Bartlett,
long before that is ripe in northern To-
calities. The earliest pear of which
we have any knowledge is the sum
mer DOyenne-theD DOyenne d. Etc. 1t
is small fruit, an abundant bearer,
and rpens in July. It's the best early
pear, and if gathered early enough and
house-ripened; is acceptable, and vast
" better than when ripened on the
tree.
Manning's Elizabeth.-The late
Horace Greeley, some years ago, offer
ed a premium of 800 each for the best
variety of each kind of fruit. A prize
was offered for both early end late
pears, and when the committee award
ed the prize to Manning's Elizabeth
as the best carly pair, great was the
astonishment. "What is Manning's
Elizabeth ?" "Who knows the pearl"
were among the questions freely asked.
If these prizes had no other result than
to bring this pear, heretofore known
only to amateurs, into general notice,
the money was well expended. The
tree itself has every quality to adapt
it to general cultivation !; the fruit is
below medium size, Of the greatest
beauty, while the fruit is really excel
lent, and does not rot at the core. With
us it is ripe early in August, and it
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we could have but one early pear it
would be this. 1t is the fault of some
of the best early pears that they be-
gin to decay at the core, and however
fine an exterior they may present,
they are soft and worthless within.
This may beOvereome in part by gath
ering early and ripening in the house.
But when this is done, the interval
between the time at which the fruit
is fit to cat and that atwhich it begins
to decay, is so brief as. to unfit them
for marketing. e. a fecetiOus friend says
of such fruit, that it needs to be eaten
with the watch in one hand and the
fruit in the other,n in order to catch it
in perfection. The principal varieties
of this class are: Beurre Giffard. This
is ripe with us in August, and needs
to be picked very early. The fruit has
beauty and is of the highest excellence
and Of good medium size, while the
tree is productive. Clapp's Favorite.
This is said to be a cross between Flem-
ish Beauty and Bartlett, and is one of
the most beautiful pears of any season.
The tree is very productive, and if
the fruit grows to large size
and excellent quality. 1t has the fault
of decaying at the core, and of being
in perfection but very short time, in
a more marked degree than even Flem-
ish Beauty. We have year after year
gathered it earlier and earlier, and
while we have succeeded in avoiding
the decay at the core, yet.after it is fit
to eat, it will not last a day.
TysOn.-When the tree comes into
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Yields an abundance offruit of medium
size and handsome color, and Of first
Iuality. II one wishes to know how
sweet pear can be, let him try the
Tyson. 1t is better than any Of the /
ioregoing, coming late in August
American Agriculturist.