Summer Meeting. 45 



SECOND SESSION— Wednesday, June 13, 9 a. m. 



PROGRAM. 



Call to order by President Butcher. 

 Opening proper by Elder Featherstone. 



Papers — Strawberries — Varieties for market, J. C. Reeder, 

 Jefferson Baracks. 



Pear Growing — B. C. Auten, Carthage. 



Lessons from Failures — Jacob Faith, Montevallo, Mo. 



Dewberry — M. L. Bonham, Clinton. 



Discussions. 



Appointment of Committees. 



PEAR GROWING. 



On the subject of pear growing, I can speak from experience 

 only for the period leading up to the bearing age of the orchard. 

 The pear and the apple are so nearly alike in their manner of 

 growth and problems of growth, and the subject of apple growing 

 is so well known to all horticulturists, that I shall confine my re- 

 marks almost exclusively to those points in which the pear and 

 apple differ. 



The stock for planting is regularly furnished us of two types, 

 known as standard and dwarf, the former being budded or grafted 

 on pear seedlings, the latter on quince seedlings or cuttings. The 

 supposed effects of the quince stock are the dwarfing of the tree, 

 and, arising therefrom, earlier and more prolific bearing and par- 

 tial immunity from blight. Some varieties are almost invariably 

 propagated as standards, as the Kieffer and Garber; while others, 

 notably the Duchesse d'Angouleme, Anjou and Louise Bonne, are 

 nearly always furnished as dwarfs. 



If pears are wanted as fillers in an apple orchard, it would be 

 advisable to select dwarfs, as the same cultivation is advisable for 

 them as for the apple. On the subject of fillers, I would say, how- 

 ever, if you want fillers in your apple orchard, use apples ; if in a 

 pear orchard, use pears; and, in either case, do not mix varieties 

 in the row. With mixed fruits, all your orchard operations are 

 carried on at a disadvantage. Also, if you want to grow both ap- 



