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gradually waste away all summer. I found some left when 

 picking this falL 



In regard to the most profitable pear trees to set out, that 

 depends upon kinds, location, whether to eat or sell, &c. I 

 have both Dwarf and Standard Duchesse, and the Standard 

 is not to be compared with the Dwarf» but the Dwarf is from 

 France, the Standard common. I pick my pears when the 

 stem will break off in the right place, with a moderate degree 

 of force, such as Seckel, Bartlett, Louise Bonne de Jersey, 

 Clapp's Favorite, Belle Lucrative, Rostiezer and Tyson. 

 The Duchesse I gather the first week in October, and they 

 ripen from October to Christmas. I keep my pears cold, 

 dark and dry. 



I have not had the experience to recommend ten varieties 

 for profit. 



I get iron dust from machine shops and dig in around the 

 trees as one would dig in guano, rub soap all over the trunk, 

 keep the tree propped up. I think I lost one tree by its 

 leaning ever with fruit, three years in succession, (a Passe 

 Colmar) ; it seemed to tear the small roots off. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Baldwin Coolidge. 



reply of m. b. keifner, m. 13., of lawrence. 



I exhibited the following varieties of pears at the Count}'' 

 Fair, at Lawrence, viz. : — Duchesse, from Dwarf tree, and 

 Buffum, Flemish Beauty, and Vicar of Winkfield, from 

 Standards, raised on a sandy loam, mixed, enriched once in 

 two or three years with sink deposits, spread on surface. I 

 prune off about half the previous year's growth in the spring. 



My Vicars, Rostiezers and Buffums, have suffered badly 

 with the blight. My other varieties have not been touched 

 by it. A radical cutting is all that I have tried, and have 

 saved some of them, although 7nuch injured, of course. 



The most profitable trees t© set out, I think, are Stand- 



