104 THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUITS. 



Fig. 45.~DwrAKF Peae. 



in moderate 

 quantities, can 

 be obtained 

 from the plant- 

 ing of the pear, 

 as soon as from 

 the apple, or 

 even the peach, 

 A gentleman at 

 Albany, N". Y., 

 obtained a fine 

 crop of pears in 

 two years from 

 the nursery, 

 and three from 

 the bud, on his 

 Bartlett, White 

 Doyenne, and 

 Gray l^eurre 

 trees ; in one 

 year longer his 

 Louise Bonne 

 de Jersey and 

 Beurre Diel 

 trees fruited 

 finely; and in 

 another, the 

 Vicar of Wink- 

 field. A num- 

 ber of varieties, 

 not only on 

 quince, but on 

 pear stocks, will 

 bear largely in 

 four to six years. 

 The pear re- 

 quires a rich, 

 deep, loamy 

 soil, Tvith plenty 

 of Jime and the 



