442 BOAED OF AGEICULTUKE. - 



Nearly oi' quite all varieties of the pear are subject to the blight, but 

 some more than others, and some are so very liable to the disease that they 

 are passing out of cultivation. Of this class are Limon, Adams, Pitraaston, 

 Idaho, Brandywine, Collins, Paradise d' Automne, Hoosic, Moyaiuensing, 

 Selleck, Kiugsessing, Edmonds, Giffard, Glout-morceau, Rostiezcr, and a 

 number of others. Even the fine old Flemish Beauty is so uncertain- or 

 rather so certain to blight— that it is being passed by. 



Of those which are but little affecte,d vpith blight, Seckel and Tysoo 

 may be said to stand at the head. Howell would generally be placed wit\ 

 them, and may as well be now, but this blighty season it is somewhat 

 affected. Keift'er, when introduced twenty years or so ago, was said never 

 to blight. But it will blight some times, though not a great deal. One of 

 the most deservedly popular varieties, Bartlett, blights occasionally, but 

 usually yields to prompt treatment. Its daughter, Clapp's Favorite, a 

 very fine pear, understood to be a cross with Flemish Beauty, is nearly as 

 subject to the disease as the latter variety. To the list of those little 

 affected may be added also Bloodgood, which ripens the latter part of 

 July, just before Tyson; and Anjou (formerly called Beurre d' Anjou), a 

 late fall variety. 



It is thought that manuring and high cultivation are conducive to 

 blight, and there are those who adopt the view of the late Thomas Mee- 

 han, that pear trees are best grown in grass, with a moderate top-dressing 

 annually of not very stimulating manure.— R. J. B., in Stockman and 

 Farmer. 



SPRAYING x)lS a TRADE. 



With the commercial fruit grower spraying is a part of his business, 

 or profession, if it may so be termed. He considers it as important as 

 any of the many branches pertaining to his work. There is machinery 

 made for him, an extensive literature for his instruction, practical teach- 

 ers within reach, while an unlimited amount of advice may be had for 

 the asking. He certainly has little reason to be at a loss what to do. 



The amateur is not so favorably situated. The man who raises fruit 

 for the family supply, who looks for his reward in the pleasure and profit 

 ko come from furnishing his own table, is the one meant by the word 

 "amateur." He is the man to be considered, for though he is numerous, 

 he ought to be still more so. But he is the one who is passed by while 

 the large grower is being cared for. 



Many a man who has a small lot would gladly employ his spare mo- 

 ments at gi'owing some kinds of fruit, but is kept from doing so on ac- 

 count of insects and diseases which he knows are lying in wait. 



Here, it would seem, is an opportunity for a man who would follow 

 spraying as a trade during the season. Having everything in readiness 

 and understanding what to do, he could accomplish in a few moments 



