In a report made to the Montreal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, by Mr. John Archbold, that gentleman states that the following varieties are the twelve best adapted to the climate of the Island of Montreal, viz.: Summer Doyenne, Dearborn's Seedling, Beurre Goubalt, as dwarfs; Bartlett and Bonchretien, either as dwarfs or standards; Flemish Beauty, as a standard only; White Doyenne, Glout Morceau, Belle Lucrative, and Einsessing. as dwarfs ; Oswego Beurre, as standard; Onondaga, as standard or dwarf; and Vicar of Winkfield, as dwarf. He adds that the Beurre d'Anjou is a very fine pear, but does not seem to be hardy on the quince stock.

Mr. James H. Springle reports the following summer varieties, vis.: Doyenne d'Ete or Summer Doyenne, Osband's Summer, and Tyson, as hardy and coming into bearing early, and recommends that they should be grown on the pear stock. As Autumn sorts, he names the St. Ghislain, Bourre d'Amalis, Belle Lucrative, Flemish Beauty, Louise Bonne de Jersey, White Doyenne, and Oswego Beurre; and says they are hardy, and the fruit of the finest quality. These French sorts seem better adapted to that climate than many of the finer American varieties, such as the Seckel, Kinsessing, Sheldon, etc. Of these, he says, the White Doyenne and Louise Bonne de Jersey will do well on quince stocks. For winter sorts, Mr. Springle recommends the Lawrence and the Glout Morceau. He adds that he has fruited in his experimental garden, during the last twenty years, upwards of three hundred varieties of pears on both quince and pear stocks, and his experience has been that, with few exceptions, the quince stock in the climate of Montreal will not cause the tree to bear fruit earlier than those grafted on the pear stock ; and thai it is also a fact that many varieties of pears which do well on the quince stock elsewhere, make in that climate such a strong succulent growth that the wood never ripens, and is mostly killed the following winter.

He also states that he could have given a longer list of varieties suitable for the climate, and also a number of seedlings of both apples and pears of great merit, but that he has confined his remarks to the twelve best sorts.