2oo Fruit 



PEARS 



Pears will grow on almost any soil if it has a fairly 

 good drainage. The best soil is a clay loam, and 

 an abundance of warmth and sunshine should be 

 supplied for the finest fruits. Exposure on the 

 north and east will go far toward producing early 

 fruit. 



To prevent the spread of pear blight, remove the 

 blighted twigs as soon as they appear and burn 

 them, first having sterilized the pruning imple- 

 ments. Sterilize the implements again after 

 cutting the blighted twigs to prevent other trees 

 being affected; spray with lime sulphate as is done 

 for peach trees affected with leaf curl, etc., and do 

 not fertilize the trees too heavily with nitrogenous 

 fertilizer or barnyard manure. The ranker the 

 growth of the tree the worse the blight. 



Injury to the bark of pear trees by climbing up 

 on them, by a blow from a cultivator, or by break- 

 ing the twigs and branches with a ladder often 

 causes blight. 



Be sure to have late and early bearers among 

 the pear trees. Some of the most reliable are Le 

 Conte, Bartlett, and Russets. 



