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'THE GENESEE FARRIER. 





DUCHESSE D ANGOULEME PEAR TREE. 



DUCHESSE D'ANGOTJLEME PEAK. 



We have the pleasure of presenting the readers 

 of the Genesee Farmer this montli, an accurate 

 portrait of a beautiful Duchesse cf Angouleme dwarf 

 pear tree, growing on the grounds of S. Mathews, 

 Esq., near this city. 



For cultivation as a Dwarf tree, no variety siic- 

 ceeds better than the DucJicsse d'' Aiigouleme. The 

 fruit is very large, and when well grown, on 

 Dwai-f trees, is of excellent quality. It com- 

 mands the highest price in market. T. G. Yeo- 

 MANs, of "Wayne county, who has a large orchard 

 of Dwarf Ducliesse d'Angouleme trees*, sent a bar- 

 rel of selected fruit of this variety to Philadel- 

 phia a few Aveeks since, and it was sold for $35.63 

 — and it is said the purchaser trebled his money 

 in retailing them out. To show the size of the 

 pears, we may mention that it took but 125 pears 

 to fill the barrel. They weighed 127 lbs., or over 

 a pound each. The best eleven barrels sold for 



over $300, or nearly $28 per barrel. With such 

 prices, we can hardly wonder that, uotwithstand- 

 ing the danger from fire-blight — which this year 

 has proved very destructive in many pear orchards 

 in this vicinity — many farmers are planting large 

 orchards of Dwarf Pear trees. Of course, the 

 above figures do not represent the average price 

 of Duchesse d^Angouleme peai's; they only show 

 the advantage of growing fine specimens, and of 

 marketing them in the best condition. The ave- 

 rage price is about $10 per barrel. 



Seedling Trees. — Many trees which are entirely 

 hard}' when grown, are very tender during the 

 first and second winters. X^lover them with .';traw, 

 refuse garden gatherings, leaves, etc. Sometimes 

 it is best to raise them and lay them in iy the heels, 

 by which those gardeners designate the operation 

 of laying trees in trenches or excavations, and cov- 

 ering the roots and a considerable portion of the 

 stems. This will not be extra labor in all cases 

 when the young trees are to be reset, at any rate, 

 the second year in nursery rows. — Fruit, Flowen 

 and Farming. 



