We are indebted to Mr. Chisholm for a fine collection of Pears. As there are more to come, (our mouth still waters,) we will speak of all together. Of two of them we shall give outlines. - To Mr. P. J. Berckmans we are indebted for Delaware Grapes and a fine bunch of the Brinckle. We have a drawing of the Brinckle' in preparation, and will give it with our description. - From Mr. T. W. Field, good specimens of Doyenne d'Ete. - From Mr. C. A. Al-vord, large and handsome Peach Apricots.

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Bunches large; very compact Berries, very dark; rich brown claret, with a thick light claret bloom; round; generally very large and uniform on the bunch. Flesh, with very little pulp; rich and sugary, with a sprightly Catawba flavor. The juice must weighs from 85° to 88° of Oechsles scale. Ripens with Delaware.

Fig. 10. - The Detroit Grape.

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Hooker's Journal of Botany describes a new fruit - the Durian of Borneo - thus: "The Durian is a fruit of which we hear little, where all praise is given to the Mangosteen, while the Durian is generally mentioned as a fruit much liked by natives, but whose offensive smell renders it disagreeable to Europeans. There is, however, no comparison between them; the Mangosteen resembles a peach or a grape, and can hardly be said to be superior, if equal, to either: the Durian, on the other hand, is a fruit of a perfectly unique character; we have nothing with which it can be compared, and it is therefore the more difficult to judge whether it is or is not superior to all other fruits. The Durian grows on a large and lofty forest-tree, something resembling an elm in character, but with a more smooth and scaly bark. The fruit is round, or slightly oval, about the size of a small melon, of a green color, and covered with strong spines, the bases of which touch . each other, and are consequently somewhat hexagonal, while the points are very strong and sharp. It is so completely armed, that, if the stalk is broken off, it is a difficult matter to lift one from the ground. The outer rind is so thick and tough, that, from whatever height it may fall, it is never broken.

From the base to the apex, five very faint lines may be traced, over which, the spines somewhat curve and approximate; these are the sutures of the carpels, and show where the fruit may be opened with a heavy knife and a strong hand. The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-colored pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the eatable part, and its consistence and flavor are indescribable. A rich custard, highly flavored with almonds, gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavor that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acid, nor sweet, nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience.

The smell of the ripe fruit it certainly at first disagreeable, though less so when it has newly fallen from the tree; for the moment it is ripe it falls of itself, and the only way to eat Durians in perfection, is to get them as they fall".

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From our exchanges we gather record of quite a number of fruits introduced for the first time to public notice. Of new seedling strawberries, one originating with Marshall P. Wilder is highly praised by some Boston pomologists. Another, under name of Colfax Strawberry, is introduced by Messrs. Purdy & Johnson, Palmyra, N. Y., as possessing every desirable requisite without a fault. The same gentlemen also introduce a Black Cap raspberry, under name of Mammoth Cluster, and claim it as the "best and most profitable raspberry ever brought before the public." The Cincinnati Horticultural Society have had shown at their pleasant and interesting weekly meetings one or two seedling cherries, two seedling pears, and two or three seedling raspberries, which have been favorably spoken of by the committee as worthy of farther trial.

"There is a tide in all thing's, which, taken," etc. Just now there seems to be a tide flowing toward the naming of new varieties of fruits after some prominent man of the times, no matter whether he is connected or interested in horticulture, politics, or religion. This may be all very well, but we confess we can not so understand it; and yet it may be right, for in all probability the newly introduced fruit will go into oblivion about as soon as the politician of the day. Naming a fruit or plant after some eminent horticulturist is well; but we confess, then, that if we were the horticulturist so to be commemorated, we should like to know that our name be attached to some fruit destined to record us favorably and perpetually in all sections. We should count it no credit to be attached by name to a fruit which could only be expected to live in the minds and gardens of our fellow-laborers until their fruiting it had shown them the object of the man who disseminated it. To our mind, it is better to give to each fruit a name that in its significance denotes some characteristic of the fruit, relative either to color, delicacy, productiveness, long keeping, etc., rather than the name of a person, no matter how deserving that person may be of remembrance.

It certainly seems to us more in strict harmony with true principles, for then, on hearing or speaking it, the association would remain with the fruit or flower, rather than be carried to remembrance of a name that in reality has with it no significance.

Peach-trees should be carefully examined at this season, and the worm (aegeria) taken away from its harboring-place near the crown of the tree; Remove the earth a couple of inches deep, and observe any gummy or punctured spots; and then, ten to one, by cutting with a sharp knife, you will find a small white grub or worm that as yet has done but •little or no material injury, but if left unmolested by the coming spring, would be found to have almost completely girdled the tree. Dig out the grub now - wash the wounds with soft soap to destroy any worms that the knife failed to reach by reason of oversight on the surface, then draw up the earth in mound form about one foot high close to the body, which mound, if leveled next April, will exhibit at once any worms which now have been left.