BY these, we do not mean that they are unknown, but undervalued. We, Americans, have a "King-worship" or a "man-homage" spirit. We have but two or three lawyers, which we applaud, and these we all praise. We have two or three great merchants, if we neglect others. We popularize a few physi-ciaas and ignore other good or better men. We idolize a Bartlett pear, and have but three or four popular pears. All this is an error. No man is perfect, nor any fruit. As one of these undervalued fruits let me name the Blood-good Pear. Downing, in the first edition of his book on Fruits says, "this is the highest flavored of all early (or summer) pears, and deserves a place even in the smallest garden." It originated near New York city, or was brought there by some one, and was introduced to the public about the year 1835, by James Bloodgood, then a nurseryman at Flushing, Long Island. Downing says nothing in its dispraise. Thomas says it is liable to decay at the core, and insipidity on certain soils. To this we reply, so are many valuable pears, especially summer pears. My own opinion is, that it should not be set out on clay, or on damp, mucky soil.

That on light, loamy or gravelly loose soil, even if a little clayish, in dry, airy situations, it is fully equal to the praise of the elder Downing. It is as large or larger than the Seckel, bright yellow with irregular russet fine dottings, which often give it a beautiful appearance. Ripens August 10th to 25th in Central New York, and is not, perhaps, the highest flavored of all pears, but one of the most delicious of simmer pears.