Mr. P. Raabe has exhibited a very fine Fall-bearing strawberry, called the Delice d'Automne, which fruits very finely till frost, and in the green-house, in pots, till December. It has been noticed by Dr. Lindley in the "Gardener's Chronicle," very favorably. It is a hybrid, between Perpetual Rouge and British Queen; the fruit about as large as that of Burr's New Pine, the external appearance more like Early Scarlet, with a flavor of British Queen, but more vinous, and highly delicious. The berries produced in autumn are still better than those in spring. Taken altogether it would prove a favorite from its fine size, exquisite flavor, hardiness, and great productiveness, even if it did not bear in the fall.

With Mr. Raabe it bore abundantly last spring with very little attention, and the same plants in pots were again in bearing Sept. 15th, and will continue so probably till December; it makes runners rather freely. To have a good crop in fall, the runners should not be permitted on the plant. The flavor is perfectly delicious. We are indebted to Mr. Raabe for plants, and to his able foreman, Mr. Pantlen, an enthusiastic and progressive gardener, for other favors of interest to our readers.

Mr. Editor: - A lately published periodical contains a very sensible article about Pear, culture, from the able pen of our friend, Dr. Ward. He takes a fair ground, and seems to look, as we all do, to further experiments and results for a conclusion.

I am not going to stand up in vindication of the recently so much abused Pear. It is all the same to me if many choose to be partial, and to scorn one of our best fruits. It will not prevent me from pursuing my course, and delighting in luscious fruit. But, in justice, can Dr. Ward charge to the Pear the slight expense of hoeing, when a stalk of corn, some few carrots, beets, potatoes, etc., require just as much hoeing? and how different the result! A Pear-tree of good size has not many weeds growing under its shade, and those which can grow there are easily removed; the rest is the work of the plow or cultivator.

Speaking of Mr. Hovey, he seems to suggest that this gentleman spends a great deal for that operation. I wish Mr. H. would let us know how many Pear-trees, of about ten to fifteen feet high and pyramidal in their form, one man can clean in a day? I doubt if it would amount to one cent in a season, for twice hoeing, per tree.

What care do we not bestow on a flower, blossoming only once in a year, and requiring constant mulching, cleaning and watering for all the balance of the time? Where trees, as certainly Mr. Hovey's do, yield from half a bushel to a barrel per tree, of fine, saleable fruit, can we, in justice, pretend that such a profitable plant should not require any of the common expense so readily and repeatedly granted to corn-stalks, cabbages (worth two cents apiece), and other inferior vegetable products?

I will say no more, and I only write these few lines to give fair, play to the Pear in the pending controversy. • Leo.