38 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETr. 



Bosc is a magnificent pear and might be profitable top-grafted on a 

 good, hardy variety; a good bearer. 



Brignais: I have a single tree of this variety, about twelve years old, 

 that has given better and more uniform results the last five or six years 

 than any other tree in the orchard; fruit medium size, always smooth and 

 perfect. 



Chambers: A single tree of this new variety is giving good results 

 here, for a large-size early pear, ripening about with the Madaline and 

 nearly as large as Flemish Beauty. Tree thrifty and hardy and a beauti- 

 ful grower. 



No reference has been made to dwarf pears, and it may be said, in a 

 general way, that the standard trees are the safest to plant as a rule. 

 Where dwarfs are desirable, the Angouleme and Louise Bonne are the only 

 varieties worth planting in this locality, and they should have the best of 

 soil and cultivation. 



EXPEKIENCE OF OTHEES. 



Mr. Clark: Mr. Edmiston advocates cultivation of the pear orchard, 

 I notice. I have been advised to seed down the land after the trees 

 come into bearing. 



Mr. MoNEOE: A change of view has come about as to this, as it has 

 concerning cultivation of other fruit, and it is now considered that the 

 better the culture the better the fruit, so far as pears are concerned. 



Mr. Brown: Growers here would not differ much with Mr. Edmiston, 

 except that most of them would favor the Bartlett. They probably would 

 plant one half of their ground to that variety. The Howell has done 

 well here on light soil. The best pear-growers here would say, cultivate 

 first, last, and all the time. 



Mr. Knisely: I continually hear the KieflPer called a poor pear; but it 

 will keep till Christmas, and then certainly is good. It brings a high 

 price, too, in its season. I practice throughout cultivation. 



Mr. Shriver is a cultivator of his pear orchard, also, and agrees with 

 Mr. Edmiston as to varieties, except that he would add Clairgeau. 



Mr. Whitehead: In Ohio they cultivate the pear, or not, according to 

 the fertility of the soil. On the rich soil near here I have seen blight 

 where there was cultivation. But when cultivation is practiced I do not 

 think it should cease at close of the growing season. It also should be 

 shallow. 



Mr. Knisely: Mr. Comings puts the Bosc first, above all others. It 

 is difficult of propagation and so is not cultivated by the nurserymen. 



A member spoke of pear trees he had seen at Sebastian Smith's, in 

 soil too stiff for cultivation. The fruit was the finest show of the kind he 

 ever saw. 



Mr. Mars: I have a neighbor who grows the Bartlett largely and some 



