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" In the same garden are some fine Urbaniste trees — 

 a part on the Pear, and a part on the Quince — planted 

 in the same spot, in the same year. Those on the pear 

 roots are now bcginnhig to bear fruit sparingly, 

 while the others, on quince, have yielded bushels of 

 fruit for the last seven years, and are actually loaded 

 with a splendid crop. All are equally healthy ; but, 

 those on pear stocks, not having exhausted part of 

 their vigor in the best marketable produce for years 

 back, are rather more vigorous. By thinning the crop 

 early, so as to make it moderate, those pyramids may 

 be easily brought up to the full vigor of their unpro- 

 ductive neighbors. Kow comes the important ques- 

 tion : 



" ' Will quince roots do for orchards T 



For orchards, as we find them on most of our farms, 

 a promenade ground for cattle, a dreary waste of ill 

 weeds, badly cultivated and shallow soil, stagnant 

 water, injudicious selection of varieties, and more 

 injudicious pruning with axes or dull chopping-knives 

 — no, sir ! No fruit-tree of a refined class, no tree 

 of any value, will do in such conditions. One half 

 of the trouble, manure, and labor, which a poor vine- 

 yard requires in France, would make a thrifty pear 

 orchard, and would certainly pay better. 



"Let us look at some fine nurseries (schools) or 

 orchards where specimen trees are cultivated with 

 care, and in proper soil and localities, and facts (those 

 stubborn) things will soon bring conviction in the place 

 of doubts. 



" Messrs. Elwanger & Berry, and others, in Roches- 

 ter ; Mr. "Wilder and Mr. IIovey, near Boston ; Cuas. 



