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and six hundred trees, mostly on quince roots, has sold 

 in six years, commencing when the trees were six years 

 old, what amounted to $3,408. Mr. Earle of Worcester, 

 has one BufFum pear tree, which yields him annually, 

 from $30 to $40. Mr. Pond of the same city planted 

 in 1850, three hundred and fifty Bartlett pear trees a 

 year from the bud. In 1857 he sold from them fifty 

 bushels amounting to $250." Many more facts in the 

 same direction might be cited ; but these are enough 

 to show that there is money in the business. 



We are much of the opinion, that farmers should 

 more generally engage in the business of pear raising. 

 When we reflect how few people ever have the pleasure 

 to regale themselves upon the best varieties of this 

 delicious fruit, owing to the high prices at which it is 

 sold, we can readily see that the production of this crop 

 can be very largely increased, with no danger of break- 

 ing down the market For an increased supply will 

 be followed by such an increased demand, as to prevent 

 the price from falling below that point, that shall be 

 fairly remunerative. With an acre, or half an acre 

 devoted to pears, the farmer would find ample time to 

 attend to the requirements of his little orchard, without 

 encroaching upon his other crops. And with the requi- 

 site knowledge which every intelligent man can now so 

 easily obtain, he would make pretty sure, a generous 

 return for the outlay. And then, the intellectual efififrt 

 of reading himself up on this subject, the knowledge 

 he might obtain of the laws of vegetable growth and 

 development— which knowledge is so richly interspersed 

 through the writings of all those who treat on pear 

 culture, — would become a valuable accession to one's 

 mental store-house, and serve to incite to a" wider 

 thought, and a habit of closer observation. 



