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OBCHAKDS, 



JOHN MNOTT'S STATEMENT, 



PEAR ORCHARD. 



The Pear orchard which ycnr Committee examined 

 when at my place^ consists of sixty-eight trees; sixty 

 standard trees and eight on quince stocks, of some 

 twenty different varieties, viz: ieii Flemish Beauty, 

 eight Bartlett; four Buffums, four Dunmores, three 

 Andrews, three Seckel, three Lawrence, two Napoleon, 

 two "Winter Nellis, two Bleecker, two St. Gishiin, two 

 Louise bon de Jersey, two St. Michael, two Glout Morceau, 

 one Belle Lucrative, one Madeleine, two Rostiezer, and 

 several other varieties that I do not recollect. I got 

 forty of my trees of Messrs. Bond & Damon, of North 

 Brookfield, and transplanted them in the spring of 1855 ; 

 the remainder came from Bochester, N. Y., and were set 

 in the spring of 1856 and 1857. I think those that 

 came from Brookfield have made a more vigorous growth 

 than those that came from Rochester. In my little ex- 

 perience in cultivating the pear, I find that some varie- 

 ties make a much more vigorous growth than others ; 

 for instance, the Flemish Beauty, the Butfum, the 

 Dunmore, the Napoleon, and some two or three other 

 varieties have made a very good growth, while the 

 Bartbtt, the Winter Nellis, and some others have made 

 very little growth. 



I keep the ground cultivated by making it a kind of 

 a vegetable garden, where I raise my sweet corn, early 

 potatoes, peas, beans, ruta-bagas, squashes, &c.; I manure 

 with stable manure spread and plowed in. I have washed 

 my trees with a weak lye and soft soap twice a year; 

 I think this as good a wash as I can apply to them. 

 ^ My experience with the dwarf pear is very limited, and 



