2o1i STATi: POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



have found some of tlie viirietics so far liavdy in the following proportions : 

 Clapp's Favorite, 95 per cent; Flemish Beaut)-, SO per cent; Bartlett, 70; 

 Howell, 70; Beurre Chiirgeau, 70; Winter IS'e'lis, double worked, 20; Beurre 

 Bosc, double worked, 33 ; Beurre (liflord, 35 ; Madelaine, 5. 



THE I'E.VU OnCIIAKD OF AVM. SOUKS, 



Blackberry liidge, Oceana county. This contains 100 trees with raspberries 

 mixed in between the rows. The oldest have been set six years. There is no 

 fruit on the trees, which appear to be in thrifty condition. "We see no reason 

 ivhy this county cannot become famous for good pears. 



THE PEAR ORCHARD OF C. T. ISRYAXT, 



iSouth Haven, contains 40 trees, all of which were dwarfs. They have been set 

 nine years and have nearly all done well. There are six vacancies in the two 

 rows. The varieties are Scckel, Bufliam, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Dnchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Flemish Beauty. The owner leaves the grass about the trees, 

 but plows a strip between the rows. He has applied some ashes and lime, 

 apparently with^ood results. He cuts back heavily very early in spring. The 

 fruit from these trees in 1875 brought 832 ; in 1870 it l)rought ><28, after taking 

 •out freight, commission, and packages. 



THE PEAR ORCHARD OF JOSEPH LAXXIX, 



South ]Iaveu contains 350 trees set four and five years ago. They are all 

 .standards, planted 2-ix2-i feet. There are 125 Bartletts, 80. Beurre d'Anjou, 

 40 Sheldon, 40 Howell, 20 Clapp's Favorite, 30 Flemish Beauty, and a few of 

 numerous other sorts. A considerable portion of the trees were set in a very 

 Ijad season — the one preceding the first of our recent severe Avinters. The soil 

 is a strong clay, apparently good for pears. There is no drainage, except what 

 nature has given on the slopes of the rolling land. In our opinion the trees 

 have been damaged for want of more thorou2:h draiua2re. The orchard has 

 been in corn every year; the land plowed up to the trees in autumn and away 

 in the spring. No manure has been used. Some of the trees have grown thirty 

 inches in a year. The owner prunes early in spring, cutting off a little over 

 half of the previous year's growtii. The trees are beginning to bear some fine 

 fruit. With the exception of drainage, ]\[r. Lannin has taken great pains with 

 his orchard. In rank, we should place it next to that of Mr. Parnielee's. 



THE PEAR ORCHARD OF "WM. H. MILLER, 



Berrien S])rings, has been sot two years. It contains 42 trees, set 28x20 feet. 

 The varieties are Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Seckel, Beurre d'Anjou, Sheldon, 

 Osband's Summer, Tyson. The Flemish Beauty appears to be doing best, 

 though all are looking well and ripening wood as they ought to for winter. 

 There are no vacancies. This is on sandy and clay loam mixed, a soil which is 

 nearly certain to produce large farm crops. The trees would, no doubt, be 

 longer lived if the soil had been well tiled. This is a fine young orchard. 



THE PEAK ORCHARD OF C. ENGLE, 



Paw Taw, contains '.) Bartletts, 12 Dnchesse d' Angouleme, 2 Flemish Beauty, 

 2 Louise Bonne de Jersey, 2 White Doyenne, 8 Doyenne Bonssock, 8 Tyson, 

 10 Beurre d'Anjou, and a few others. 



The soil is gravel and clay mixed, varying in some places to almost every- 



