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ture shall come forward, and with, 'bills of particulars,' show ine an 

 orchard of five hundred Dwarf Pear trees, that have been ten years 

 planted, which have borne fruit mccessfulhj and patcZ cost I will give 

 up the contest." 



Now we can not carry our orchards to Ohio, but if friend Stoms 

 will take the cars next Auu'ust for Boston and advise me of the time 

 and at what depot he shall arrive, I will have a carriage in readiness, 

 take him to my house, have a good chat with him in the evening on 

 Pomology, give him the best bed and board we have, and in the 

 morning he shall see my pear trees and the memorandum of my 

 sales of fruit for the past few years. 



I will then take him to my neighbor Austin's the Treasurer of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, who has jive hundred and 

 ten pear trees. All these are on the quince root, with the exception 

 of one or two dozens which are on the pear root; but as these latter 

 have borne but little fruit, 3Ir. S. will not object to their being 

 counted in the lot. These trees are from eleven to thirteen years of 

 age. One hundred of them are Louise. bonne de Jerseys. These 

 trees commenced bearing about three years after planting, have 

 borne regular and abundant crops ever since, and are now in a very 

 vigorous and healthy condition. No account of the crops were 

 kept until the year 1851, but Mr. Austin has kindly furnished me 

 with the amount of his sales since that date. 



Sales of pears in 1851, $161,00 



" ' 1852, 406,00 



" " 1853, -...-. 731,72 



" '• 1854, 630,01 



" " 1855, 648,43 



" ' 1856, 831,00 



Total sales for six years, 83.408,76 



The original cost of these trees was about fifty cents each or ?250, 

 (two hundred and fifty dollars). Mr Austin is a merchant, and 

 goes to the city every day, and the only help he has had, is the ser- 

 vice of a man who also takes care of his stable and "rounds. lie 

 has, however, given them his personal attention, and good cultiva- 

 tion, but I think, without further estimate of" cost,'" we may reason- 

 ably conclude that these ^^ jive hundred trees" hnYQ '• borne success- 

 fully, and jmid cost." We will then take a ride over to the Messrs. 

 Hovey's, where we shall find a much larger number of jicar trees, 

 on the quince root. Their beautiful avenues are lined with them, 



