ED. WESTERN Horticulturist: I hand you brief notes on sack pears as I have fruited the past season.

Madeleine

Fruited well, was ripe July 25, twenty days later than last year; tree a slow grower, but profuse bearer; fruit of the best quality of the early variety.

Bloodgood

Shy bearer; fruit ripens August 1st; tree good shape and hardy; fruit good.

Dearborn Seedling

Is my favorite summer pear; tree a vigorous, upright grower; fruits young and abundantly; very fine flavor; only objection, sice of fruit, being very small; ripened August 15th.

Clapp's Favorite

Tree a fair grower; abundant bearer, and good quality; fruit ripe August 20th.

Tyson

Fine, erect tree; slow to fruit, but very good; ripened August 20th.

Flemish Beauty

The old mother of them all for vigor of tree, quantity and size of fruit; ripened September 10th.

Bartlett

Quite full; pears small but very fine in flavor; ripened September 15th.

Beurre D'Anjou

A solid tree; shy bearer, but of good quality in size and flavor.

Belle Lucrative

Tree fine, erect grower; wonderful bearer, but in my estimation the fruit is poor in quality, small and tough.

Belle Superlin

Its name indicates it; a good tree, fruits well and of good quality.

Golden Beurre

A fine tree; fruits early and of the first quality.

Dutchesse D'Angouleme

A hardy, solid tree; fruits early, and the fruit one among the best of large pears.

Sheldon

The very best of hardy, fine trees; shy bearer but of good quality.

Beurre Clairgeau

A fine looking tree; bears well, but the fruit is the poorest of all my pears.

St. Lawrence

A good winter pear; tree fruits well and is of fine flavor.

Buffum

Tree did not do so well; it was badly blighted two years ago and seems diseased ever since; the fruit was small and knotty; ripened September 15th.

Seckel

A slow, upright, solid grower; fruit first rate; rather a shy bearer.

White Doyenne

Tree a fair specimen of good trees; fruit first rate; bore well, and excellent in quality.

Osband's Summer

Tree a fine erect grower, very similar to the Seckel; a shy bearer; fruit first rate.

Napoleon

Tree rather inclined to blight; the wood seems loose and spongy; fruits were very good for size, but I do not admire their flavor.

Beurre Bose

A fair grower; fruits well, and good in quality.

Onondaga

Is also a fair, good shaped tree; fruits well, and of good quality.

Stevens' Genesee

A fine, hardy tree; fruits well, and one of the very best of fall pears.