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perience. I have sold, for two years, our surplus fruit in 

 Wilmington market, and at the orchard, to our citizens 

 at good prices. Pears should be gathered as they mature, 

 as soon as they will part from the twig when yet hard, 

 and stored on shelves in thin layers, in dry cool fruit- 

 room or cellar. 



Question 17. I think the Bartlett and Duchess have 

 the finest flavor when evaporated. The Howell evapo- 

 rates nicely but has not so fine a flavor. No experience 

 in evaporating peaches. Dwarfs need to be well 

 supported for several years to prevent heavy wind- 

 storms from breaking them off at the point of union 

 between the pear stock and quince. I set mine so that 

 the point of union was four inches under ground, and 

 adding fertilizers and composts, they are, probably, 

 now six inches under ground. The greater part of my 

 trees are rooted from the pear stock, making them in 

 part standard ; they should always be set as above to 

 secure this result. Am sorry not to be able to answer 

 more reliably and concisely. 



Is pear growing profitable with you ? Pear growing 

 has paid us well. My experience leads me to believe, 

 that, had I purchased a good farm in Delaware, Mary- 

 land or Virginia, twenty years since, and planted in 

 Standard and Dwarf pears, I should have made a hand- 

 some pecuniary success of it. 



