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was affected so that I had to cut it square off just above the lowest limbs ; but it 

 recovered and made a good tree. As in a Hock of sheep, or among people, 

 all are not destined to rench maturity, so in a pear orchard, some of the trees 

 will die of foot-ret, or measles, or mumps ; while others, with just the same 

 care, will reach prolific old age. 



Besides picking pears at from ^1.50 to 63 per bushel, these are some of the 

 lessons which I have harvested: I can buy good pear trees, delivered by the 

 tree agents, at seventy-five cents, one dollar, or one dollar and a half, accord- 

 ing to size; or I can buy equally as good trees direct from the nursery at 

 twenty-five, thirty, and thiity-five cents each, and tranfp. rtation is cheap. 

 I say not a word against agents. If you ea)ploy one you pay him. 



A loamy or 8t)ff loamy soil, not wet, is best; quite sandy soil does not favcH* 

 longevity in the pear. 



