AMERICAN PEARS 



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Only the choicest sorts should be deemed worthy of 

 a house, such as Bon Chretien, Souvenir du Con- 

 gres, B. Brown, B. Superfin, Louise Bonne, B. Hardy, 

 Marechal de la Cour, Marie Louise, D. du Cornice, 

 Josephines de Malines, Winter Nelis, Passe Crassanne, 

 Bergamotte Esperen, and others. 



OLD STANDARDS 



Old Standards that have ceased to produce good fruit 

 should be cut down to within a few feet of the stem. 

 The young wood will soon bear better quality. The 

 trunk should be well cleaned and washed. 



IRRIGATION 



Wherever possible, irrigation should be applied in 

 dry weather. An aero- motor pump or engine of some 

 kind may raise the water to a tank. It should be allowed 

 to run over the ground for some distance to be warmed 

 and aerated. Apply in strong soil only when the 

 growing season is over. 



LABELS 



Labels add greatly to the interest and pleasure of a 

 garden. Acme labels are popular. Those sent out 

 by John Smith, Label Factory, Stratford-on-Avon, are 

 also good. They may be attached by his copper wire, 

 but those of the form of the rose labels with the name 

 affixed at the top of a long spike are less likely to be 

 lost. 



AMERICAN PEARS 



The chief pear in the States is the Bartlett, corre- 

 sponding with our Bon Chretien. A schoolmaster named 

 Wheeler, of Aldermaston (Berks), raised it about 1770. 



