Dear Sir: I send you for publication a few notes on Pears, Plums, Horsechestnuts, etc. Having fruited a large number of pears the present season we naturally had a desire to test their merits, and in order to do so rightly, we took the Seckel, and Virgalieu, which are said to be the standards for quality, as the criterion by which they should stand or fall. Those of merit which were in season with the Scckel and Virgalieu [White Doyenne,] are as follows:

Benrre Moirct, St. Michael, Archangel, Bonne des Zees, Ananas and Doyenne Gau-bault.

We grew a number of Seckelsand Virgalieus on our own grounds on standard trees, and the new pears above on dwarfs. I will not enter into a description of each, but will merely say, that my partners, Messrs. Thorp. Smith. Hajt-chett, and others present, united with me, in the one opinion - namely: That they were all superior in flavor, etc., to either the Seckel or Virgalieu. Their size is fair and they are handsome pears. We have recommended these to all amateurs and friends, and have disseminated them largely. Our dwarf pear trees are very fine and vigorous, four years old and generally covered with blossom buds; their height from five to seven feet. Another pear ripening before any of the preceding, (about 1st of Sept.,) is the Beurre Gaubault. This proved to be this season, (with us,) a sweet, juicy and luscious pear, and well worthy a place in any collection, no matter how small. The Ananas will please those who are foud of the peculiar musky flavor of the Seckel.

In the June number of your Journal,I spoke of the Montgomery plum, and said that Mr. Car fester from whom I received it, called it the Montgomery Prune. He also called the other plum the Groundacre, and I gave each as his terms. He has sent out these two fruits over a large portion of Ohio, and particularly in Fairfield Co., - under the above names. Thus you will perceive that I have not dubbed it "Prune" but gave Mr. C. as the author. In relation to the "Gundaker," I believe I have the credit of first noticing It in your journal, and if that notice has been productive of no other good, it has at least brought out its true name, which I am very happy to learn, as I hold in no little esteem the faculty some people possess of dubbing fruits with new names, as much as your correspondent from Cincinnati or any other person.

In the October and November numbers I dis-cover that you have an article on the Scarlet and Double flowering Horsechesnuts. I am happy to inform you that we have each, and have sold considerable of them. The scarlet, flowered with us the present season. Our trees are from six to eight feet high and stocky. Yours, Jcc., A. Fahnestock. Syracuse, N. Y.,Nov. 7,1851.