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Question 17. Duchess. 



Is pear culture profitable with you ? No. 



ANSWERS RECEIVED FROM GROWER, NO. 6. 



Question i. Bartlett, Lawrence, Early Sugar, Bell 

 Pear, for Standards. For Dwarf, Duchess. 



Question 2, Standards, they come into bearing 

 nearly as soon as dwarfs, and they last so much longer. 



Question 3. Light, loamy soil, (not too sandy or 

 gravelly,) the ground nearly level, just rolling enough to 

 carry the water off. 



Question 4. Standard. I have one 25 years old. 

 The Dwarf orchard planted at same time is gone some 

 eight years. 



Question 5. No answer. 



Question 6. No answer. 



Question 7. The early Sugar and Bell pears have 

 paid me better than any other pear, for the last eight 

 years. Two years ago I budded a lot of Lawrence with 

 the Sugar, after they were planted out two years. 



Question 8. Commercial fertilizer in quantity of 

 500 lbs to the acre. 



Question 9. 20th June I trim and cut back one-half 

 of this year's growth. I have hand-thinned fruit say one- 



