PAET III.— SELECTIXG, PLAXTEsTG, A:^rD 

 CULTlYATIO]Sr. 



SELECTING- PEAR TKEE3 FROM THE NTPwSEEY. 



Evert fruit grower slionld either select his trees for 

 himself, or obtain the services of a competent 23erson. 

 There are so many circumstances governing the suc- 

 cess of nursery trees, so great a difference in their 

 growth, and theii' roots, as well as in the manner in 

 which they are taken from the ground, that the most 

 careful attention is necessary to avoid the numerous 

 chances of failure. The soil on which the nursery 

 trees have grown is a subject of some consequence. 

 It should be one well suited to \h.Q, jpennaneyit growth 

 and fruiting of the trees. Some nurserymen, in order 

 to meet the quickened demand for large and hand- 

 some pear trees, stimulate their growth by profuse 

 applications of manure. This practice will produce a 

 succulent unripened growth, and the trees, when 

 planted in an inferior soil, are either killed by winter- ' 

 blight, or languish for several years. 



An instance is narrated of a nursery which was 

 advertised as containing immense numbers of pear 

 trees, which was said to have been manured at the 

 rate of two himdred double wagon loads per acre. 



