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Question 9. We prune young trees, but bearing 

 trees require very little. It will pay to hand-thin the 

 fruit when trees are overloaded. 



Question 10. I don't know. When a tree blights, 

 we dig it out and plant another. 



Question 11. No. 



Question 12. Yes. It does. I use White Helle- 

 bore, two pounds dissolved in eighty gallons of water. 

 Apply it to the trees by means of Fountain Pump. 



Question 13. Very rarely. 



Question 14. No. 



Question 15. Have had no experience. 



Question 16. Pick carefully ; pack in baskets, and 

 keep in a cool dry-house. 



Question 17. Bartlett, LeConte, and Kieffer. The 

 pear is much easier to evaporate than the peach. 



Is pear-growing profitable with you ? Pear-growing 

 is profitable with me, but it requires great attention. I 

 fruited the LeConte pear this season, and am very much 

 pleased with it. It ripens after Duchess, and is of fine 

 flavor. It should be planted on its own root, as it is too 

 strong a grower for any other stock. I believe it is 

 blight-proof. 



