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fail ; atid when apples are a drug, as is the case this year, they 

 sell for a fair price, and the demand for the fruit is constantly 

 increasing j^car after year. Tlie pear succeeds best on a rather 

 heavy loam, the soil should bo kejit clean and mellow, and a 

 broadcast cultivation, which they require during the growing 

 season. If a hill of corn requires cultivation to accomplish 

 its mission -well, how much more so does a bearing tree. 

 Trusting that my answers and remarks may be of some bene- 

 fit to others, ' 



I am very respectfully yours, , 



John O'Brien. 



reply of wm. ii. huse, of newburyrort. 



I exhibited the following varieties of pears at the County 

 Fair, viz. : — Beurre Clairgeau, Lewis, Beurre Diel, Glout 

 Morccau, Marie Louise, Beurre Bergamot, Louise Bonne de 

 Jersey, Beurre d'Anjou, Lawrence, Beurre d'Amalis, King- 

 sessing, Butfum, Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Bartlett, Peerless, 

 Vicar, Cross, Abbott, Sheldon, Curtland, Howell, Beurre 

 Bosc, Beurre Langelier, and one for a name, all raised 

 on Standard trees ; Seckel, Urbaniste, Catillac, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Soldat Laboreux, Washington, Doyenne Bous- 

 souck, and one for a name, raised on Dwarf trees, grown 

 >n a rich loamy soil, with gravelly sub-soil, enriched every 

 year with common barnyard manure. 



I prune not much on old trees. Head them in young. 

 My trees have been troubled with blight some. Have tried 

 no remedy for it. 



It depends upon circumstances Avhat are the most profitable 

 pear trees to set out. Should say Standards for most varic 

 ties, because they are longer lived. 



I pick my pears when the stem parts from the twig easily, 

 and keep them best and longest in the coolest place where 

 they will not freeze. 



I recommend for profit the following varieties of pears, 

 viz. : — Seckel, Lawrence, Bartlett, Beurre d'Anjou, Louise 



