60 tea:nsactioxs of the illesiois 



is not worth anything. Now, what I want to know is this, does seeding 

 down the ground help any tree in holding its leaves ? 



Mr. Douglas — I have nearly 200 of Bartlett's in bearing. I have one 

 that stands on the lawn, and that tree has done more than any one of 

 the others. I believe if it stood up in tall blue grass it would be 

 run out entirely. Mr. Meehan and Dr. Warder saw it last season, and 

 I think I called Dr. Hull's attention to it. I have a good deal of faith 

 in that. Mr. Meehan has advocated that for several years. He claimS' 

 that where you give grass surface good manuring the roots will not. 

 penetrate deeply ; keep your land in good tilth, keep it rich, and mow 

 your grass often, and your trees will do better there than any where 

 else. Now, I wish that some of our horticulturists would try these- 

 things — there is a great deal in them. If each one of us would just try 

 a tree or two it would be a benefit to all of us. 



Mr. Earle — I am delighted to hear the remarks of Mr. Douglas. I 

 would not have this subject begun to-night, as we have to hear Mr. 

 Meehan. 



Mr. Freeman — I should think, that without regarding differences in 

 climate, with our elevated position in Egypt, we have an excessively 

 dry condition to work against, and we want mulching pretty heavily to> 

 keep the soil moist below. 



Mr. Pierson — I will state the experience in my neighborhood. Those 

 which bear most uniformly and most abundantly are all in grass. I 

 know Louise Bonne, standing in a blue grass spot right on the top of 

 our sand hills, in the yellow sand, and it bears abundantly every year. 

 I call to mind eight or ten pear trees in another blue grass place, and 

 they produce an abundance of pears for a large family, and they bear 

 uniformly : there are the Grey Doyenne, Beurre D'Anjou, and some 

 other varieties. I think the gentleman told me that the only culture 

 he gave them was to pour chamber-lye on them. 



Mr. Earle — Does the Louise Bonne lose its leaves with you under 

 any circumstances? 



Mr. Pierson — I have never known it yet. They are in a high state 



