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would be even better, although the market is not 

 accustomed to them. 



Pears will keep for a considerable time in cold 

 storage. The length of practicable and profitable 

 storage of course depends very largely on conditions, 

 especially on the quality and condition of the fruit 

 and upon the variety. Kieffer and Bartlett will keep 

 well until after Christmas in good storage. The best 

 temperature for holding pears seems to be 32 

 degrees. 



The prices received for pears vary immensely. 

 They run from nothing at all up to $3 a dozen for 

 fancy fruit. Every one must have remarked that 

 eastern markets are never supplied with good dessert 

 pears. The bulk of the fruit stand trade is supplied 

 with California stock, which is never attractive to 

 eastern consumers. It is a rarity to see good home- 

 grown pears offered in any of the markets east of 

 the Rocky Mountains. On the face of it, this looks 

 as though there was a good opportunity to make 

 some money in pear culture. The men who have the 

 soil and climate adapted to it ought to try it. 



Cherries 



In California, and in a very few places in the 

 eastern states, sweet cherries are grown for market. 

 These are handled in a manner quite different from 

 the methods employed with sour cherries. 



These sweet cherries are always a dessert deli- 

 cacy. Frequently they are destined to be eaten out 

 of hand. It is expected, therefore, that they will be 

 sold in small quantities only. Thus they are put up 

 in small lots and in fancy packages, and every effort 

 is spent to make them look as attractive as possible. 

 They are for what is known as the fruit stand trade. 



It is a curious fact worth noting- that sweet cher- 



