124 Dwarf Pear Trees. [March, 



when buyers shall aiDproach nurserymen, not as if they were land- 

 pirates, but honorable dealers — then it is, that the calamities enumer- 

 ated in the forgoing, may be ameliorated ; not before. The first 

 presumes too much upon the gullibility of their customers ; the lat- 

 ter too much upon the want of integrity in the former. There are 

 good and bad of both. Respectfully, 



William Stoms. 

 Cincinnati, February^ 1857. 



For « The Ciucinnatas . ' ' 



Prof. F. G. Cart :— 



Dear Sir.' Will you oblige the friends of Hon. M. P. Wilder. 

 By republishing in your next number the following vievcs. on the 

 dwarf Pear as held, and advanced by him at the U. S. Pomological 

 Societie's meeting in Rochester, September last. 



Very Respectfully, Yours, ' 



A. H. Ernst. 

 Spring Garden, Fehriiary 4:th. 1857. 



DWARF PEAR TREES. 



Pears upon the quince should be planted in a luxuriant, deep soil, 

 and be abundantly supplied with nutriment and good cultivation. 

 They should always be planted deep enough to cover the place where 

 they were grafted, so that the point of junction may be three or four 

 inches below the surface. The pear will then frequently form roots 

 independently of the quince, and thus we combine in the tree both 

 early fruiting from the quince, and the strength and longevity of the 

 pear stock. For instance, of trees of the same variety, standing side 

 by side in my own grounds for ten years, and enjoying the same 

 treatment, those on the quince stock have attained a larger size, and 

 have borncj for seven years, abundant crops, while those upon the 

 pear stock have scarcely yielded a fruit. We have, also, others on 

 the quince, which, twenty-five years since, were obtained at th©' nur- 

 sery of Mr. Parmentier, where now is the most populous part of 

 the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., and which have borne good crops for 

 more than twenty years, and are still productive and healthy. 



