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tallied that a bud inserted upon a thrifty stock, 

 is essentially the same thing for practical 

 purposes as a seed planted in the ground. 

 If this be true, let us hope at least till we 

 have better evidence to the contrary that 

 our finer sorts of pears and other fruits may 

 continue to be among the luxuries of rural 

 life, so long as " the earth bears a plant, or 

 the sea rolls a wave." 



DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF PEARS FOR CULTIVATION 

 ON STANDARD TREES. 



The general remarks introductory to this 

 part of our work and also to our Descriptive 

 Lists of Apples, would be appropriate here. 



As with the apple, a similar diversity of 

 opinion prevails in regard to the comparative 

 merits of many varieties of this fruit; the 

 different purposes for which one may wish to 

 cultivate it, ^for his own use, for market, for 

 exhibition, &c. &c. are even more numer- 

 ous ; and there is as great a number of kinds 

 from which taste, fancy or whim may make 

 a selection. 



Seven hundred varieties of the pear have 

 been tested, in the experimental garden of the 



