362 THE CULTIVATION OF THE 



well. The Bartlett pear does not take as much heat to 

 evaporate as the peach. It is more like the apple. In 

 planting out an orchard of 1000 standard pears I would 

 first select 800 Bartletts, 175 Lawrence and 25 Seckel, 

 I would plant the standards, say 20 ft. square, and in the 

 centre, as dotted, the Dwarfs. 



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Is pear growing profitable with you .-' No answer. 



^ ANSWER RECEIVED FROM GROWER, NO. I9. 



Lower Delaware. 

 Dr. John J. Black, 



New Castle, Del. 

 Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your printed inquiries 

 concerning the growing of pears, and regret that I am 

 unable to send you a satisfactory answer. I do not regard 

 the pear crop as a profitable one for us, and have never 

 engaged largely in its culture. 



ANSWER RECEIVED FROM GROWER, NO. 20. 



New Castle County, Del. 



Your list of questions was received, last week. I do 



not think I can answer any of them so that I would be 



willing for a person to put any faith in what I said. I 



have not interested myself in pear culture since I have 



