CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER XTV. 



PBOFITS OF PEAR CULTURE 06 



Can pears be grown successfully 97 



Educate the taste 98 



New York market 99 



Sales of pears 100 



Prices of pears 101 



Sales of fruit 102 



Marketable fruit 103 



Large profit 104 



Many drawbacks 105 



CHAPTER XV. 



PROPAGATION, BUDDING AND GRAFTING 106 



All new varieties 107 



Pack in moist earth 108 



How to fasten a bud 110 



Angers quince Ill 



Worthless varieties 112 



Inserting scions 113 



Grafting wax 115 



Vexatious moments 116 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS 117 



Field mice 118 



A girdled tree 119 



