Chapter XII. 



VARIETIES OF THE PEAR GROWN ON THE PENINSULA. 



Probably, any pear that will thrive in other parts of 

 the world will grow on the Delaware and Chesapeake 

 Peninsula. I dont intend by any means to convey the 

 idea though, that all these varieties of pears are desir- 

 able for Peninsula culture, for as we advance in the sub- 

 ject the reader will see that the number of desirable and 

 profitable varieties are indeed few, and one of the greatest 

 errors in the business, next to getting the wrong kinds 

 is, to get too many kinds. 



Before going into the varieties of the fruit, let us 

 speak briefly of the various classes of the trees. These 

 are, the Standards, the Dwarfs, and the Hybrids, which 

 are standards. It has been seen how we propagate the 

 Standard, and it is the true pear tree ; strong and vigor- 

 ous, with no taint of other blood, it should and does 

 grow and bear fruit for hundreds of years. 



The next, the Dwarf tree is, as has been shown, a 

 compound tree, a pear tree with a quince root. The 

 quince is only for the root to give life to the pear trunk, 



