DWARF PEARS. 



to do with the virulence or mildness of 

 the attack. A careful examination of 

 the trees at this Station was made when 

 the disease was at its worst with the fol- 

 lowing results. 



Slightly attacked. Early Rivers, 

 Foster, Hale's Early, Wonderful, 

 Wheatland, Garfield, Smock, Salway, 

 Hyne's Surprise, Longhurst, Waterloo, 

 Shumaker. 



Badly attacked. Early Canada, Early 

 Richmond, Hortense Rivers, Susque- 

 hanna, Conkling, Fitzgerald, Ostrander 

 Late, Early Crawford. 



Very bad. Yellow St. John, Tyhurst, 

 Yellow Rareripe, Champion, Lord 

 Palmerston, Early Barnard, Red Cheek 

 Melocoton, Golden Drop, Troth's Early, 

 Morris White, Crosby, Wager, Steven's 

 Rareripe, Honest John, Stump, Late 



Crawford, Old Mixon, Jacque's Rare 

 ripe, Elberta. 



Three varieties of nectarines proved 

 also strongly susceptible to the disease, 

 viz., Early Violet, Boston and Downton. 



A visitation of this kind is not an 

 unmixed evil. In common with Pear 

 Blight, San Jose' Scale, and a hundred 

 other horticultural afflictions, it creates 

 a widespread and a keen desire for a 

 more accurate knowledge of the nature 

 and development of these pests. I 

 wouldn't go so so far as to say they are 

 all blessings in disguise, — if it is so, the 

 disguise is very effectual — but the pre- 

 valence of these fungous insect enemies 

 is undoubtedly leading to improved and 

 more intelligent horticultural methods. 



Martin Burrell. 

 St. Catharines. 



DWARF PEARS. 



POR amateurs who desire to obtain 

 from a garden of rich loamy soil 

 some of the handsomest and rich- 

 est fruits that it is possible to grow 

 in a Northern climate, dwarf pears offer 

 alluring chances. They require a strong 

 soil, such as will grow wheat or cabbage 

 well, and it must never be deficient in 

 moisture, and never subjected to ex- 

 tremes of cold, or rather of severe alter- 

 nations of freezing and thawing But 

 both these requirements are met by a 

 good mulch over the whole surface. 

 Only a few sorts of pear endure well on 

 the quince, and of these Louise Bonne 

 does probably the best. The beautiful 

 Boussock and Duchess come to their 

 fullest excellence on this stock. All 

 bear at an earlier age than if on pear 

 roots, but they are also much less long 

 lived. 



As with dwarf apples, the fruit is 

 larger, juicier and higher colored, owing 

 to the more abundant supply of sap 

 from the greater number of feeding 

 roots, and the short distance to the 

 digesting leaves. It is a convenience 

 and satisfaction to the owner who likes 

 to keep his trees in well-balanced shape 

 that the entire growth is within arm's 

 reach. As the fruit on large standard 

 trees is often finer in the very top than 

 on side branches below, it may seem 

 that a short distance of sap conveyance 

 is ot little account. But the reason in 

 this case is that the side branches bent 

 down with previous loads of fruit have 

 their structure so fractured or the ducts 

 so compressed as to embarrass the 

 movement of the sap. — W. G. Waring, 

 Sr., in New York Tribune. 



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