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Different kinds of pears vary in ripening ; some are ripe in a 

 week or two after picking, otliers will keep a number of 

 months, Iveeping best and longest when kept as cool as possi- 

 ble. 



The ten varieties recommended by me for profit are Bart- 

 lett, Sheldon, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Belle Lucrative, Buf- 

 fum, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Bosc, Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Lawrence, and -Vicar of Winkfield. 



Pear trees should not be manured very heavily, for the 

 reason if they make too large a growth they are more apt to 

 V winter-kill, as the wood does not get hardened up and ripe 

 enough to withstand severe cold. 



Burtletts, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Buffum and Vicar, do 

 better if the fruit is thinned out when small, as these varieties 

 are very apt to overbear. 



The above are brief answers to your questions, which, if 



of any benefit to pear raisers, I shall be well paid for writing 



them. 



Yours truly, 

 « Aaron Low. 



keply of j. henry hill, of amesbury. 



• (Receiyed after Report hid been sent in.) 



I exhibited the following varieties of pears at the County 

 Fair, at Lawrence, viz, : — Sheldon, Belle Lucrative, Law- 

 rence, Dana's Hovey, Swan's Orange (or Onondaga) , Stevens's 

 Genessee, Mount Vernon, and Winter Nelis, all raised on 

 Standard trees, and Louise Bonne de Jersey, Urbaniste, 

 Doyenne Boussouck, Beurre Diel, Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Andrews, Beurre Bosc (double worked), Bufl^'um, Beurre 

 d'Anjou, Glout Morceau, Seckel, Beurre Langelier, Bartlett, 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Vicar of Winkfield, and Nouveau Poiteau, 

 all raised on Dwarf trees. The soil is a gravelly and clay 

 loam, with a sub-soil from a coarse gravel to a hard clay, en- 

 riched annually with stable manure and ashes. I have never 

 used any commercial fertilizers on my trees, but consider 



