RAISING PEARS FOR PROFIT. 93 



When attacked by it, the tree usually dies in about three 

 years. I have tried cutting off the diseased branches, but 

 with little success. The slugs may be destroyed by dust of 

 any kind. 



I think standards the most profitable to set out for orchard 

 culture, and dwarfs for amateurs or small gardens. Stand- 

 ards will produce larger results, and are more easily culti- 

 vated. 



Summer and fall pears should be picked when they begin 

 to drop, which is before they are ripe ; winter pears, about 

 the middle of October. Summer pears ripen in about a 

 week, and fall pears in about two weeks, after picking. 



Pears should be picked carefully into boxes or barrels, and 

 placed in a cool, dry cellar, not allowing them to wilt by being 

 too dry, and as near thirty-five or forty degrees as possible. 



For profit, only well-known standard varieties should be 

 grown. The Beurre Giffard is good size and quality for an 

 early variety ; bears well. Clapp's Favorite comes next in 

 ripening ; is very showy, good quality, and productive. Bart- 

 lett is perhaps the most profitable of any ; comes in bearing 

 young ; very productive and popular ; large and show}^, quali- 

 ty that almost every one admires. Seckel, best quality ; pro- 

 lific ; sells well ; very small unless thoroughly thinned out. 

 Beurre Bosc is large and beautiful ; sells well, but comes late 

 into bearing ; does well on gravelly subsoil. Sheldon, very 

 beautiful and fine ; sells well. Beurre Clairgeau is a great 

 bearer, commences young; very large and beautiful, but not 

 of first quality; sells well. Duchesse d'Angouleme is lar- 

 gest size, fair quality, good bearer ; sells well ; does best on 

 dwarf stocks. Beurre d'Anjou is probably the best of all; 

 bears well ; keeps all winter, under good conditions, or may 

 be brought out in December ; is large and very fine. Law- 

 rence is excellent, aromatic, productive ; keeps well ; and is 

 valuable. All pears should be thinned for the best results. 



[Keply of T. C. Thurlow of "West Newbury.] 



I raise the following varieties of pears ; viz., on standard 

 trees, Bartlett, Sheldon, Lawrence, Buffum, Doyenn^ Bous- 

 sock, Clapp's Favorite, Onondaga, Seckel, Howell, and 



