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has been far greater than the supply. This berry- 

 may also be made into a jelly, which is always in 

 demand. 



I mention these facts, as there are many persons 

 planting small lots of pear trees, in locations where 

 land is high, and they want something growing 

 between the trees that will pay expenses. 



At the end of five or six years from the time of 

 planting the trees, cropping between the rows or in 

 the orchard should be discontinued. At the expira- 

 tion, of that time, a cultivator or horse hoe will be 

 quite sufficient to disturb the surface two or three 

 inches deep. This operation should be repeated 

 often enough to keep the soil loose and weeds from 

 appearing. Pains should be taken to carry out this 

 latter fully, as the weeds are both unsightly and 

 unprofitable in an orchard of any kind of fruit. 



If the trees receive the proper care and treat- 

 ment, the crop of fruit will be large enough, by the 

 sixth and seventh years, to begin paying some of the 

 original outlay for trees, and the expenses incurred 

 in preparing the soil. 



