An English grower of a hundred kinds, has been keeping careful record of exact ripenings, and of those well-known in our country, the Giffard was the earliest and Olivier des Sevres the latest. They run in order as follows: Giffard, S. du Congress, Bartlett, d'Amaulis, Flemish Beauty, St. Michel Archange, Superfin, Fondante d'Automne, Duch-esse, Louise Bonne, Seckel, Urbaniste, Bose, Dicl, du Cornice, Winter Nelis, Glout Morceau, Josephine de Malines, d'Espercu, Easter Beurre, and Olivier des Sevres.