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in its public and and private relations, to the great interests of Hor- 

 ticulture. I wish to injure no man's business, through this, or any 

 other medium. 



For want of time, much testimony bearing directly in favor of my 

 position has been omitted ; but enough has been produced, I trust, 

 to satisfy the most skeptical, that Dwarf Pears will not answer for 

 general cultivation in this country. Those who think differently 

 will of course show forth the reasons for the faith that is in them. 



Pears are a great luxury, and far be it from me to discourage 

 their growth and cultivation. If our markets are to be supplied 

 with this delicious fruit, it will not be from productions on the 

 quince stock. Set that down in your note book, — let others think 

 as they may. 



If asked by any gentleman as to the utility of setting out Dwarf 

 Pears, I would unhesitatingly discourage him from doing so. For 

 the sake of a little pastime in pinching, pruning, feeding and giv- 

 ing drink, but without any expectation of getting his money back, 

 I would recommend the planting, in a rich garden soil, two or three 

 each, Louisa Bon de Jersey, Vicar of Winkfield, and Duchess d' 

 Angoleme, but nothing more. If these few did not, in two or three 

 years, cool oft' his doting frenzy, then he might go further. 



From my three hundred trees I have not yet got the first pear ! 

 Perhaps the good time is coming. Patience is a great virtue, and I 

 am endeavoring to practice upon its golden promises. When my 

 pears do show themselves, you shall see some of them upon that 

 table ; for, having failed in my dreams of substantial gain, I shall 

 now go in for what little glory awaits me — in this great Dwarf Pear 

 issue. 



Whenever the friends of Dwarf Pear Culture shall come forward, 

 and with ' bills of particulars ' show me one single orchard of five 

 hundred Dwarf Pear trees that have been ten years planted, which 

 have borne fruit snccessfulli/ and paid cost, then I will give up this 

 contest. But I defy the opposition to any such showing. They 

 can not do it. 



William Stoms. 



Cincinnati, January, 1857. 



