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Flemish Beauty variety, and have for several years raised as nice 

 pears of that variety as I ever saw, until last year they cracked badly 

 for the first time. The trees appear to be hardy and do not winter kill. 

 Since I commenced renovating my old orchard in 1884, I have set 

 out more or less grafted trees every year, and have now about 450 

 grafted trees. Many of the grafted trees set out since that year 

 have borne fruit. I have set in all a little more than nineteen thou- 

 sand scions in my orchard since I commenced grafting in 1884, and 

 have set all of them myself, with the exception that I had a man to 

 help me fourteen days in 1884. I did not sell much fruit after I 

 commenced grafting my trees till the year 1889, when I received 

 ninety-two dollars from the sales of apples. I have not yet sold all 

 the apples raised last year (1890), but shall probably receive about 

 sixty dollars. 



TOO MANY VARIETIES. 

 From H. G. Cole, of Hall & Cole, Boston. 



I see by the Lewiston Journal, you meet at Bangor next week to 

 -talk over the fruit business. I wish I had gab enough to go and tell 

 the growers what I know about growing too many varieties. Last 

 season it did not make much difference how many kinds they had, 

 but if the time comes when there is a full crop they will be sorry. 

 Wipe the Black Oxfords from the face of the earth if possible. We 

 <}annot sell a No. 1 Black Oxford to-day for as much money as we 

 sold Mr. Whittier's No. 2 Baldwins for this week. 



