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PEARS FOR ORCHARD CULTURE. 



sheep ; and, for a certain kind of country 

 residence, where the picturesque or pastoral, 

 rather than the studiously elegant, is de- 

 sired, sheep would heighten the interest 

 and beauty of the scene. 



In order to use sheep in this way, the 

 place should be so arranged that the flower 

 garden and shrubbery shall be distinct 

 from the lawn. In many cases in England, 

 a small portion, directly round the house, is 

 enclosed with a wire fence, woven in a 



pretty pattern, (worth three or four shillings 

 a yard.) This contains the flowers and 

 shrubs, on the parlor side of the house, with 

 a small portion of lawn dressed by the 

 scythe. All the rest is fed by the sheep, 

 which are folded regularly every night, ta 

 prevent accident from dogs. In this way> 

 a beautiful lawn-like surface is maintained 

 without the least annual outlay. We com- 

 mend the practice for imitation in this 

 country. 



REMARKS ON PEARS FOR ORCHARD CIILTUREL 



BY WILLIAM REID, NEW-YORK. 



.Wiluam's Bonchretien, or Bartlett. Eve- 

 ry one that has been planting pears, for the 

 last ten or fifteen years, has planted this 

 sort more or less ; and so far as my own 

 observations have extended, they will be as 

 well off as if they had planted some of the 

 newer kinds, which have been very highly 

 recommended. But let us begin at the 

 beginning, and examine all the good and 

 bad properties of this variety; for I have 

 great doubts whether we have, among all 

 the new sorts, anything, on the whole, 

 nearly so valuable, and ripening at the 

 same time of the year. 



In the first place, it is a fine grower; it 

 is a hardy tree ; and it comes into bearing 

 early ; all of which are valuable properties 

 to an orchardist. It is also of a large, uni- 

 form size, and, at the season of its ripening 

 here, say from the last week in August to 

 end of September, I may safely say that the 

 Bartlett, for a market fruit, has no superior. 

 I do not hesitate also to say, that an or- 

 chard of a few acres of this sort, where 

 pears do well, will be worth as much as 

 the whole produce of many a nice farm ; 

 and pears, now, can as well be brought 



three to four hundred miles, a=3 they could 

 be, heretofore, a distance of fifty,. — as rail- 

 roads now intersect almost every section of 

 country, and fruits arrive almost in the 

 same condition as if they had been gathered 

 fresh from the tree. But this is one of 

 those pears that must be gathered a few- 

 days before they are fit for use; otherwise^ 

 if left on the tree until maturity, they will 

 lose much of their good qualities, and be 

 little better than some of our commoni 

 fruits. 



This pear succeeds best on the pear 

 stock, at least, as far as my experience 

 goes. I have several times tried it on the 

 quince stock, but, as yet, have never been 

 successful. It seems to grow tolerably well 

 the first and second year, but afterwards 

 stops, and has a very unhealthy appearance. 

 However, this is one of the sorts that Mr. 

 Rivers says grows well on the quince ; an(^ 

 Mr. R. ought to be good authority. If there 

 are any cultivators who have trees of some 

 age of this sort, worked on quince, I should 

 feel greatly obliged by hearing their opinion 

 through the Horticulturist on this point. 

 The growth of trees, when young, is ©recti 



