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more of fruit each ; and for anglit that I can see, they 

 are destined to survive as long as any that I possess 

 on the pear root. These may, and probably have, in 

 some instances, thrown out roots from the pear stock, 

 but whether this be so, or not, instances are not rare 

 where such trees have attained in France the age of 

 more titan a hundred years'^ and we know of a quince 

 tree in Massachusetts which is forty years old, and 

 which has produced ten bushels of fruit in a season. 



"The Pear, when grown on the Quince, should 

 always be trained in the pyramidal form. These may 

 be planted much closer than when grown as stan- 

 dards. We have know^n them to succeed well where 

 grow^n at the distance of six feet apart in the rows, 

 and twelve feet between the rows. In this way Mr. 

 RivEKS, the great English cultivator, planted 2,500 

 of the Louise Bonne de Jersey, and 1,500 Glout Mor- 

 ceau for the London market. We consider twelve 

 feet apart, each way, a liberal distance. This would 

 give 302 trees to the acre ; and we are clearly of the 

 opinion, that soil and selection of varieties being right, 

 no crop whatever would be more profitable. Such a 

 plantation, with proper care, would yield, in the fifth 

 year, from seventy-five to one hundred bushels of 

 fine fruit. As to profit, this will not appear as an 

 exaggeration, when it is known that Glout Morceau 

 pears, a variety which succeeds admirably on the 

 Quince, have sold, during the winter, readily at one to 

 two dollars per dozen. 



" We name as varieties which succeed well on the 

 Quince the following, and to which might be added 

 many more : 



