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is a good quality of whale oil soap at the rate of one pound 

 to seven gallons of water. 



For control of leaf spot and the coddling moth, we use 

 the Bordeaux and arsenical poisons. For the pear, I do not 

 want over four pounds of copper sulphate to the fifty gallons 

 of water ; some varieties, particularly Manning's and Bartlett, 

 having rather tender foliage. Arsenate of lead I esteem very 

 highly on account of its staying quality. 



For commercial purposes, we need few varieties. I am 

 giving my attention principally to three varieties named, in 

 order of ripening: Bartlett, Seckel, and Bosc. Have planted 

 some of the Worden Seckel and have worked over some unde- 

 sirable varieties with it, have had it in bearing three or four 

 years, and so far am well pleased with it. I believe it has a 

 good future as a commercial sort. Anjou we have grown 

 quite largely in the past, but am grafting over to other varie- 

 ties, as they have not proved to be desirable. 



Where we have the ideal soil and location, the Seckel has 

 been the greatest money maker in the list. I am inclined to 

 place the Bosc second in value with me, although I esteem 

 the Bartlett very highly. For the New York market, which 

 is my dependence, I do not care for any variety that matures 

 before the Bartlett. 



I am a firm believer in cultivation and plenty of it, of 

 course to follow later with cover crops. 



Others may be able to get satisfactory results under vari- 

 ous mulch methods that are being advocated, but I am free 

 to confess that I am unable to produce a high grade pear 

 under any system of mulch culture, and I think I have given 

 them a good trial. In mature bearing orchards I use fertil- 

 isers quite liberally. On old Seckel trees, say fifteen years 

 and upward of age, I do not hesitate to use nitrogenous fer- 

 tilizers in large quantities. I find aged trees of this variety 

 practically immune to the ravages of blight, and gives fine 

 results to generous treatment. 



To get the best financial results I find it necessary to pro- 

 vide cold storage facilities, being enabled thereby to place the 

 product on the market when conditions are the most favorable. 



