CHAPTER XIV. 



PROFITS OF PEAK CULTURE. 



DOUBTLESS, many persons fond, of horticultural 

 pursuits, would have turned their attention, to and 

 invested capital in, pear culture, if it had not been 

 for the bugbear that has been trumpeted through 

 different channels for years u that in a short time 

 there will be so many pears in market, you cannot 

 give them away." This we have heard frequently 

 for the past fifteen years ; but the demand for fine 

 fruit and the prices obtained have steadily advanced. 



That there have been failures no one will deny, 

 and I have no doubt, if we had a true record of all 

 who have planted pear orchards, there would be 

 summed up three failures to every success. This is 

 the case, to the extent of my own observations, 

 among pear growers. The trouble is not, that the 

 market is overstocked with well grown pears, on 

 the contrary, the demand is more than the supply. 

 But there are too many persons who can echo the 

 cry of the grower, who said to me a short time ago 

 (i "What difference does it make to me what prices 



