PEACH AND THE PEAR. 3I9 



Question 16. Give your idea of the best way to 

 gather, hold, and market the fruit, and the best packages 

 in which to ship it. 



Question 17. Which is the best pear to evaporate? 

 The second best, the third best and the fourth best ? Do 

 pears or peaches evaporate the easiest ? 



Question 18. Has pear-growing been profitable 

 with you ? 



ANSWERS RECEIVED FROM GROWER. NO. I. 



Question i. LeConte Standard, Kieffer Standard, 

 Bartlett Standard, Clapp's Favorite Standard, Louise 

 bonne de Jersey Standard, Washington Standard, 

 Beurre Diel Standard ; those are Standard ; will put the 

 Dwarfs on the other page. 



Question 2. Dwarfs, I prefer, as they are always 

 sure to bear, and will not occupy as much land as the 

 Standard. 



Question 3. Stiff loam ; never plant in sandy land, 

 or in gravel, or on side of a hill. Take flat land. 



Question 4. Thirty years for Standard, twenty for 

 Dwarfs, and twenty-five to thirty for Dwarf if you cut 

 the bark above the union as you plant them, so as to 

 make them throw out hair-roots. 



Question 5. Spring. 



