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THE PEAR. 



The Pear succeeds generally upon such a soil as 

 that described for the apple ; but at the same time it 

 should be porous, that the roots may roam freely. 

 The labors of amateurs have resulted, however, in 

 the production of varieties adapted to almost all 

 soils ; and in the table which follows will be shown, 

 as nearly as it is possible to do in a new undertak- 

 ing, the soils on which particular varieties succeed. 

 Let it not be surmised that they grow onJi/ on such 

 lands, for in other soils they may flourish with more 

 or less success ; yet those below enumerated are the 

 soils which experience has proved to be hest suited 

 to them : 



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