pear, Lady-pear, Ice-pear, Dove-pair, Deadmans-pear, Winter bergamot, Bell- 

 pear, etc.;" no doubt great "acquisitions" in their day. His apples, too, were 

 doubtless sought after under the following appellations: "Rousseting, Leather- 

 coat, Winter reed, Chestnut apple, Great-belly, the Go-no-further or Cat's-head," 

 &c. In January, you are to "set your traps for vermin ; especially in your nur- 

 series of kernels and stones, and amongst your bulbous roots," and in December, 

 "As in January, continue your hostility against vermin." Perhaps if these good 

 rules were observed now, we should hear less of the depredations of mice. 



In short, though Pomology has made immense strides in our day, the more the 

 subject is looked into, the more will it be found that we are often treading in the 

 footsteps of our ancestors. Mr. Coxe's treatise deserves every praise that can 

 be given to it, considering its date, and we are sure the most modern of our fruit- 

 growers may still consult it with advantage, though it has been pretty thoroughly 

 culled by recent authors. Among the advantages they can claim is the descrip- 

 tion of the best and more modern varieties, with a more thorough knowledge of 

 the best modes of planting, pruning, and cultivation. 



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DWARF PEARS. 



BY "WILLIAM BACON, RICHMOND, MASS. 



With many it appears to be an unsettled question whether the propagation of 

 pears on the quince is to meet with sufficient success to warrant increasing atten- 

 tion. In settling the matter to our satisfaction, there are several points to be 

 considered before adopting any definite conclusion. 



In the first place, we must consider the manner of working the pear upon the 

 stock through which it is to receive its future nourishment. We have noticed 

 that different nurserymen have different ways of doing the thing. In some in- 

 stances we have seen them inoculated from six to ten inches from the ground, 

 thus leaving a long shank of the quince, whose growth is slow, between the pear 

 wood and the root. Now, we hold that, under judicious management, the quince, 

 whose roots become the base of the tree, will attain to a great age, and so will 

 the pear. But this horrid shank between the root of the former and the place of 

 union with the latter, breaks all connection by its comparative slow growth 

 between their prosperity and the advancement of the one through the nourishment 

 of the other, by not affording sufficient strength to sustain the top which has 

 risen from it, and for a like reason, being unable to give the nourishment the in- 

 creasing growth of the pear demands. Hence, the pear becomes sickly, a sepa- 

 ration at the point of improper union commences, and death follows. Then come 

 bitter denunciations against dwarf trees, and the inexperienced cultivator declares 

 them all a humbug to get money, and abandons their culture. 



There is another class of nurserymen, who either understand their business 

 better, or act from more honorable principles. These, inoculate their stock nearer 

 the earth, so that only a little space is left between the root and the uew top. 

 Such trees, we are confident, can be so managed as to secure a vigorous growth 

 and a good old age. 



In order to secure these objects, the tree should be set so that the whole of 

 the stock, and a part of the scion will be covered with the earth. With some 

 kinds of trees, we are aware this operation would be injurious, if not dangerous, 

 but the habits of the quince, if the soil is favorable, will fully warrant it, as all 

 ho have cultivated it must be aware from the freedom with which it takes 

 cuttings. This same freedom will be indulged in by the entire wood 



