CHAPTER XIII. 



THE PEAR. 



There* 's money in Pears for the man who knows how to set it out. 



Ever since this country was first settled, pears 

 from European stock have been grown here. They 

 thrive especially well in the eastern, central and far 

 western states, and less well in the southern and 

 prairie states. Wherever the climate is very cold or 



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very hot, there commercial pear culture becomes 

 uncertain or unsatisfactory. 



PROPAGATION. Standard pears are budded or 



grafted on seedling pear stocks, at a point near the 



crown. Nurserymen usually import seedling pear 



stocks from France, but it is not difficult to grow 



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