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choice fruits are selling for, when I have none to 

 dispose of. My trees are dying instead of bearing." 



This is the case with many orchards that were 

 planted ten or fifteen years ago, before many fruit 

 culturists were aware of the fact, that all varieties 

 will not succeed equally well in the same locality, 

 but that soil and climate exert an important in- 

 fluence on the vigor of the tree as well as on the 

 quality of the fruit. On our place, the Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme is one of our leading kinds. It has 

 only failed to produce a fair crop, three times in 

 fourteen years. In many other localities, this tree 

 grows well, blossoms freely, but it does not set its 

 fruit, and it has the reputation of being a very un- 

 certain variety. Then, as I have said before, the 

 quality of fruit grown in different localities, differs 

 very much. On the clay soil of New Jersey the 

 fruit of the Duchesse d'Angouleme is first quality, 

 while in many parts of Long Island and of West 

 Chester Co., New York, the quality is quite indif- 

 ferent. 



In a former chapter, I endeavored to point out 

 some of the causes why so many fail in their at- 

 tempts to grow pears with profit for market. 



There is no doubt but pears can be grown suc- 

 cessfully and made highly remunerative, provided 

 the necessary conditions are complied with. There 



