The Tyson is a very fine pear; bean a full crop, and is a hardy tree. The Bartlett is very fine, and the tree bears young. The Flemish Beauty has one fault, and that is, that it sometimes rots at the core. Belle Lucrative is very fine and sweet. The Seckle has succeeded in our section well. Mr. Dixon had the first tree near us, and it has always borne each year. Don't think there is any tree will excel them as to quantity (unless perhaps Bartlett), and its fruit sells for $16 per barrel. The Virgalieu, at Canandaigua, and in the Wyoming valley, does not crack; fruit very fine, and sells at $22 per barrel. Trees bear very full. Louise Bonne de Jersey has done well with me. I have a tree now twelve years old with a barrel of pears on it. The fruit is one-third larger on dwarf than on standard trees.

Mr. Barry thought this question was a Very difficult one to decide. We need trees that are hardy, productive, and free from blight; and my opinion is in favor of the Ducfaesse d'Angou-leme, Louise Bonne de Jersey, and Bartlett. The Virgalieu in one place in our grounds all cracked one year, and the next they did not one. Notwithstanding all the failures, I still regard it as one of the best we have. It will sell at an enormous price - twice that of any other. I would not leave it out. Beurre Gifiard - fine, if gathered early. Doyenne d'Ete. Rostiezer does well everywhere, and does not crack. Tyson is a superb tree, and is worth growing for its beauty, while its fruit is one of first quality. Flemish Beauty is another of the So. 1 varieties: Howell, Belle Lucrative. Beurre d'Angou keeps a month longer than the Virgalieu. The Sheldon is one of the finest of all pears, and a native of western New York, beside; fruit most delicious. Although it won't grow on quince, it is a superb grower on pear.

For winter pears I would recommend two - Lawrence and Winter Nelis.