85 



gest size, fair quality, good bearer, sells well, does best on 

 Dwarf stocks. Beurre d'Aujou is probably the best of all, 

 bears well, keeps all winter under good conditions, or may 

 be brought out in December, is large and very fine. Law- 

 rence is excellent, aromatic, productive, keeps well, and is 

 valuable. All pears should be thinned for the best results. 

 I am very happy to have received your circular, and have 

 endeavored to briefly answer your inquiries. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Benjamin P. Ware. 



REPLY OF T. C. THURLOW, OF WEST NEWBURY. 



I raise the following varieties of pears, viz. : — On Stand- 

 ard trees — Bartlett, Sheldon, Lawrence, Buffum, Doyenne 

 Boussouck, Clapp's Favorite, Onondaga, Seckel, Howell, and 

 Abbott. On Standard and Dwarf trees — Beurre d'Anjou, 

 Urbaniste, Rostiezer, Doyenne d'Ete, Belle Lucrative, and 

 Vicar of Winkfield. 



My soil, most of it, is strong clayey loam, part is good 

 sandy or gravelly loam, but the first is best, the sub-soil is 

 gravel, with a little clay. The soil is enriched once in three 

 years, on an average. We would like to enrich every year, 

 on the surfiice in the fall, with any kind of manure. I pre- 

 fer to prune a little every year, in summer, say in June, 

 though early in spring is a very good season. We have 

 sometimes seen a very little of the blight, but not often ; we 

 have cut away and destroyed any diseased tree, or branch of 

 a tree. The "Slug" sometimes troubles young trees. These 

 can be easily destroyed by dusting them with a little dry 

 ashes, or air slacked lime. No other insect troubles our pear 

 trees to any extent. For the most profitable pear trees to 

 set out, I should generally prefer Standards, and should 

 recommend them to my customers, because they are hardy, 

 and will last longer, under ordinary cultivation. The Dwarf 

 pear, especially on the quince, is very liable to be killed in 

 the root, and is short lived generally. I pick the summer 



