The foregoing article has been already extended beyond my intention. I will therefore close it by referring briefly to some other varieties of recent introduction which give promise of being worthy of cultivation. Among these may be named:

Beurre Navez

A pear of full medium size, ripening in October.

Supreme De Quimper

A handsome variety. At maturity about middle of Aug.

Van De Weyer-Bates

Rather below medium size. October 1st to 15th. Very productive.

Josephine De Malines

Medium size. A rich, delicious sort. Ripens from December to February. Keeps well.

Beurre Bennert

Below medium size. November to December. Bears in clusters, abundantly.

Catinka

Medium size. October to November.

Comtesse D'Alost

October to November. Resembling in form the Figue.

Gedeon Paridant

Resembles in form and flavor Gansel's Bergamot. Ripe in October. Princess Charlotte, Paul Thielens, Mart Anns de Nancy, etc.

Pears #1

The Pulsifer, from Smiley Shepherd, Esq., Hennepin, Ill. Hosenschenck; or Sckenc's August, from Messrs. Thorp, Smith, Hanchett & Co., Syracuse. Kirtland, from Dr. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio. This is an excellent variety, and the specimens sent were of much larger size than we supposed this variety ever attained.

Pears #2

I doubt whether there is any part of the United States better adapted to the cultivation of the pear than this. I think we might safely challenge the world to show larger and better specimens of Bartletts, White Doyennes, Seckels, etc., than have been produced in the St Joseph valley; and it is a very encouraging fact that, although there are numerous trees throughout this region that have been in bearing for many years, yet that scourge of the Pear tree, the fire blight, has never made its appearance in our midst.

Bartlett

This variety has been in fruit with us for several years. It bears early and well. Fruit uniformly large and fair; quality very good. It is the only early pear worthy of extensive cultivation, in my opinion. As it comes into bearing so early, as a standard, there is not much object in working it upon the quince; but from a few specimens I saw on such trees the last season, I should judge that it is improved both in size and quality. <

Buffum

This variety does uniformly well, and is becoming very popular. The tree is a vigorous, upright grower, and bears abundantly. The fruit, though but medium in size, is fair, and in quality ranks as " very good," if not as " best." I have heard a number of good judges of fruit pronounce it equal in quality to the White Doyenne. When the thriftiness and productivness of the tree are considered, I think it will prove one of our most valuable varieties.

White Doyenne

This noble pear, whatever may be its failings elsewhere, still retains all its ancient excellence with us. No cracking of the fruit or other symptoms of decline has been seen in it Such specimens as were shown at our county fair would rejoice the eye and gladden the heart of every lover of good fruit This pear commands a higher price in Chicago (which, by the way, is becoming the fruit market for the Northwest) than any other variety. Several persons who are cultivating it largely have realised from $12 to $15 a barrel this season.

Seckel

The Seckel maintains its position here as the standard of excellence in flavor. It proves to be a very good bearer, and the fruit is larger than I supposed from the description of the books; instead of "small," it approaches "medium" in size.

Louise Bonne De Jersey

This has fruited on my ground for the first time this year, and I must confess that I am somewhat disappointed with it. Although it is a good hearer, and the fruit fine in appearance, yet there is an astringency about its flavor which would destroy its reputation in the estimation of all who know what a good pear is. I hope, however, this is but an accidental circumstance, arising from some peculiarity in the season, and that it "will be better next time".

Belle Of Brussels

Fruit large and handsome, but worthless.

Winter Nelis

This is an early and good bearer, and the fruit excellent in quality, but it proves a fall pear with us. Ripens from the last of October to December.

I might enlarge these notes by speaking of a number of new varieties which have produced single specimens of fruits, but as these are hardly sufficient to lead to a correct estimate of the character of the fruit, I will defer it till after another year's experience.

[ We thank our correspondent for his notes, and hope he will continue them from time to time, as he gains information and experience. We are glad to learn that our New York favorites, the Northern Spy, Wagner, Baldwin, and Greening apples, and Bartlett, Seckel, and White Doyenne pears, sustain their excellence as they go westward. We feel confident that the Nortkern Spy will do well in the west and south. The Louise Bonne de Jersey will be all right. It never is a sweet pear, like a Flemish Beauty or a Belle Lucrative, but vinous, like Brown Beurre; and all vinous pears are liable, if mismanaged in any way, to be more or less astringent. - Ed].