A pear was exhibited at the stall of H. Gushee, Washington Market, which was raised on the farm of George Walling, on the Willamette River, a few miles above Portland, Oregon; it weighed four pounds, was eighteen inches round, twenty-one inches in long circumference, and surpassed the great " Beard Pear" by a quarter pound. The account of this pear represents it as having grown upon a graft of the Pound Pear, or, cor-reotly named, the Black Pear of Worcester. The graft was inserted into the White Hawthorn some three years since, and the tree plentifully watered. - California Farmer, Bangor, Mr. J. Jay Smith, Esq. - Dear Sir: I am pleased you are giving attention to the open-air culture of grapes. The January number is valuable on that account. Samuel Miller's communication is highly interesting, and likewise Daniel S. Dewey's. We here think very highly of the Delaware and Rebecca Grapes. I have a lot (fifty vines of each) which I ordered from G. W. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio, and from Dr. C. W. Grant, of Iona, N. T. For a common, good, early grape, the Hartford Prolific is a highly valuable variety for Maine. It is sure to ripen. We are planting also the Diana, which is much esteemed everywhere.

Probably, the Delaware and Rebecca will outstrip any other two varieties in these parts, at present.

Most sincerely, Henry Little.