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Report ox Pears. 



Committee. — L. A. Maynnrd, of 'Worcester, C//o/r/?mn ; Dr. J, 

 Porter, of North Erookfield, I'linory Banister, J^:nes F. Allen, and 

 John C. Mason, of Worcester, 



The Committee on Pears submit the following Report : 



The exhil)ition, this year, greatly surpassed all previous exliihitions, 

 in the variety, extent, and perf2ction of its pears. The frnit of 

 some of the contributors, it is true, was not so f^ond as tlieir contri- 

 butions to former exhibitions, on account of the drought of the past 

 season. Yet, this deficiency was more than made up by the fairness 

 and perfection of the fruit of other contributors, Avhosc trees, owing 

 to locations and soils, fitted to withstand a severe drought and a long 

 continued hot and dry atmosphere, did not suffer so much. 



The exhibition shows what has been accomplished, within ;i few 

 years, through the agency and influence of the Society, and it must 

 have given much satisfaction and pleasure to those who projected, 

 and who, with much effort and labor, got up the first exhibition. 

 Still, good and satisfactory as has been the exhibition, this year, it 

 falls far behind, it is believed, what the exhibitions will be, when the 

 trees of many of the new contributors shall be grown and matured 

 t3 a good bearing condition, and when the cultivation of all shall be 

 hicrher and more thorough, in all that pertains to enriching the soil 

 with suitable manures, and in early relieving the trees of some of the 

 varieties of their superabundance of fruit, by a judicious thinning 

 out. 



As an article of utility, the pear cannot compare with the apple. 

 But, as an article of luxury, the better kinds are among the most de- 

 licious fruits grown out of the tropics, and by many are preferred to 

 any of the fruits grown within the tropics. And, in common with 

 the apple and peach, the higher the latitude in which it can be 

 grown and matured to its perfection, the higher and more delicious 

 is its flavor. It is believed that there is no latitude in which 

 the apple and the pear can be grown, in greater perfection, than in 

 our own. And, by many, the pear can be raised, while the apple can- 

 not. In cities and compact country villages, where men are limited 



