THE PEAR. 



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will generally check its luxuriant growth, and 

 throw it into a bearing state. The pear being a 

 more hardy tree than the apple, is less liable to 

 the attacks of insects. The most annoying, how- 

 ever, is a species of coccus or miniature tortoise, 

 which attaches itself to the bark. This insect is 

 common to the apple in some gardens. Our meth- 

 od of destroying them is to wash the bark with a 

 strong solution of whale-oil, soap, and water; ap- 

 plying it with a stiff brush. Young trees are 

 sometimes almost wholly incrusted with this 

 coccus. 



A Selection of twenty-nine Varieties of Pears we 

 would recommend for a garden. 



List of fourteen Varieties, for a small garden. 



