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The old Endicott pear-tree which may 

 be seen from the cars of the Essex Rail Road, 

 as they pass through the town of Danvers in 

 this State now numbers . more than two 

 hundred and twenty years. It still rears its 

 head where it was planted by Gov. Endicott, 

 and bravely stretches forth its vigorous arms, 

 dropping the autumn fruits of its green old 

 age into the bosoms of- a distant posterity. 



The Stuyvesant pear-tree, planted by Gov. 

 Stuy vesant of the Dutch colony of New York, 

 more than two centuries ago, was very recent- 

 ly if it is not now standing, healthy and 

 productive, in the upper part of what was 

 then the city of Nieuw Amsterdam. 



The pear-tree is extensively and profitably 

 cultivated in this country, both as a standard 

 and a dwarf. With high cultivation, and 

 very careful and judicious management, a 

 larger crop and also much more valuable spe- 

 cimens of the fruit might be produced from 

 an acre of dwarf pear-trees, than from one of 

 standards. 





