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But it will be essential, in the first place, that he 

 should make the selection for his orchard, from those 

 varieties that are the most hardy and productive, and 

 will be eagerly sought for in the market. The location 

 and soil should be favorable, and the ground stirred and 

 enriched from time to time, as the necessities of the 

 trees may require. All stimulation to a late growth of 

 wood that will not properly ripen, before the season 

 closes, should be avoided, and any tendency to such 

 growth should be immediately checked, as it is very 

 liable to ultimate in the frozen-sap-blight, a disease 

 fatal to the pear tree. 



For good practical information on this whole subject, 

 we would recommend Mr. Field's excellent work on 

 pear culture. 



But should any one enter upon this business, with- 

 out the requisite knowledge for success, and with no 

 love for his new vocation, and so mismanage his trees ; 

 or leave them in utter neglect to struggle alone with 

 the weeds aud the grass, he will probably encounter 

 the same failure, that he would by dealing with any 

 other crop with the same measure of ignorance and 

 neglect. 



The presentation of pears for the table at our annual 

 fair this year was very good, though not perhaps any 

 better than in some preceding years. We missed the 

 usual contributions of Hon. Moses Wood, and Benjamin 

 Snow, Jr. The number of contributors seemed to 

 indicate the fact, that not a few of those who have a 

 garden and a homestead, are becoming somewhat 

 interested in the subject of pears. We trust that their 

 example will be more generally followed by those who 

 possess larger means for the production of this noble 

 fruit. 



