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Our knowledge of this subject is yet very imperfect, and all 

 who experiment upon it should accurately record their at- 

 tempts, whether successful or otherwise, for their own benefit 

 and that of the public, so that we may ultimately attain to a 

 fall understanding of its principles and methods. I would 

 also urge upon cultivators the importance of originating from 

 seed, either hybridized or carefully selected, new varieties of 

 winter pears, which can be kept and ripened with less trouble 

 and care than those we now possess. The successful experi- 

 menter would be well repaid, both pecuniarily and in the con- 

 sciousness of having conferred a rich boon upon his fellow- 

 men. 



