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Question 14. No. 



Question 15. If you have enough to make it an ob- 

 ject, you are more independent of the market, and when 

 you do not wish to keep them into the late autumn or 

 winter, they are better to be picked as soon as they will 

 part from the stem readily and ripened in a cool, dark 

 place. 



Question 16. Thus far I have prolonged the season 

 all I could, and depended on the local market. Am not 

 very well posted on these questions. 



Question 17. No experience. Is pear growing pro- 

 fitable with you .'' So far, pears have paid me well, as 

 with the market garden I have had facilities for market- 

 ing when in just good condition for retailing, but when 

 my young orchard comes to bearing I shall have to ship 

 them, and probably, they will not pay so well, Though 

 from the nature of the fruit I do not think there is much 

 danger that good pears will not sell in the eastern mar- 

 kets, as ours are ripe nearly a month earlier than any in 

 New York or New England. 



ANSWERS RECEIVED FROM GROWER, NO. 12. 



Question i. Have no experience south of Wil- 

 mington. 



Question 2. Standards not subject to borers and are 

 in general more healthy. Dwarfs are usually budded too 



