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All the above sorts I have growing, 

 and believe the whole of them to be worth 

 notice : I have retained the golden pippin 

 in the list, because I have seen it is so fine 

 this season among the fruits from France. 



PEARS. 



WHAT has been said with regard 

 to the orchard culture of apples, 

 will in general apply to pears, but as this 

 kind of fi'uit tree is more hardy and longer 

 lived, it is not quite so subject to insects 

 and disease. It is in general longer in 

 getting into a state of fruit bearing, but 

 it will exist for centuries and still keep 

 its health, productiveness, and vigour. 



In the garden culture of this fruit it 

 very frequently occurs that trees on walls 

 will get into a state of luxuriance, which 

 scarcely any thing known will check, and 

 in til is state the trees bear very spar- 

 ingly and seldom any where but at the 

 extremities; it is absolutely necessary in 

 these cases to examine very minutely 



