The Revue Horticole intimates that the quality of a good pear depends in a great measure on the quality of the person who has charge of it. A fruit, worthless in one man's hands, may be first-rate in the hands of another. It observes that the quality of the fruit is determined by modifications of conditions at the time fermentation begins; for what we call ripening is but the incipient stage of fermentation. For instance, in the case of the Vicar of Wink-field, to have this fruit good, it must go gradually to complete maturity. Other kinds are better when maturity is rapid.