The Ploughman, Oct. 11. says: This season has been remarkable for the immense production of pears. The trees are loaded in every direction. We visited an orchard the other day that yields this year over two thousands bushels, and we know of many others whose yield is nearly as great. We were glad to see the great number of new seedlings at the exhibition of the American Pomological Society. That is improvement in the right direction, and it will lead to some substantial gain. The show of pears at the exhibitions of all the County Agricultural Societies has been very fine and the interest in them is general."

On our recent visit to New England, what we saw of pear growing in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, it appeared to us that no better section for the successful culture of the pear is to be found east of the Rocky Mountains, than in the region of Boston and the southeastern portion of New Hampshire. Fifty miles to the northeast from Boston, on the sterile, rocky hillsides of New Hampshire, we were shown as fine pear and poach orchards as could be desired, and of which we shall speak hereafter. Fortunately our visit happened in the midst of the harvest, giving us an opportunity to see the fruit in its greatest perfection, and to both see and taste.