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seeds, can bear an almost unlimited crop mthout 

 injury. Thus it will be evident that a little Seckel 

 pear may exhaust the tree even more than a Bart- 

 lett. The Belle Lucrative, or Fondante d'Automne, 

 is one of the most delicious of pears, as well as a 

 great and regular bearer ; and yet it will not bring 

 more than two-thirds the price of greatly inferior 

 sorts, on account of its green color. 



A list of varieties proved to be the best for orch- 

 ards of different sizes, in various sections of the 

 country, is added below. Some of the states are 

 necessarily omitted. 



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