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is as follows : Spray trees just before blossoms open, 

 with Bordeaux ; after blossoms have fallen, Bordeaux- 

 arsenical mixture ; two or three weeks later, Bor- 

 deaux; if season is wet and leaf -blight prevalent, 

 repeat Bordeaux two weeks later. (Special note : If 

 scale lice are present, or pear-leaf mite, or psylla, 

 begin spraying operations by applying lime-sulphur 

 very early in the spring before buds swell. If desired, 

 the later Bordeaux sprays may be replaced by the 

 self-boiled lime-sulphur mixture. 



VARIETIES. Those marked with a star are espe- 

 cially suited for market. 



M. J. Graham, an Iowa fruit-grower, has had best succes.', 

 with *I y ongworth ; *Kieffer ; *Warner. 



For Virginia, H. I,. Price recommends : Summer Doyenne ; 

 Rose ; Clapp ; *Bartlett ; I,awrence ; Sheldon. 



For Illinois, just three commercial varieties are recommended 

 by R. O. Graham : *Kieffer ; *Garber ; *Duchess. 



For the southern states Mississippi, Alabama, etc. W H. 

 Ragan recommends : *Kieffer ; I,e Conte ; Garber ; Archangel. 



For California, E. J.Wickson recommends : *Clapp ; *Comice ; 

 * Anjou; *Clairgeau ; *Bartlett; *Easter ; *P. Barry; *Winter 

 Nelis ; etc. 



Wilmer Atkinson suggests for Pennsylvania, etc.: Manning's 

 Elizabeth ; *Howell ; *Bartlett ; *Seckel ; Dana's Hovey ; I,aw- 

 rence ; Anjou ; Duchess ; *Kieffer ; Winter Nelis. 



B. G. Green, a successful Michigan grower, writes : If I were 

 to plant another commercial pear orchard of 1,000 trees I should 

 -et: 650 Bartlett, 150 Clapp's Favorite, 100 Anjou, 50 Flemish 



Beauty and 50 Bosc. 



For cold districts Maine, northern Vermont, Wisconsin, 

 Minnesota, etc. Pomologist W. H. Ragan suggests the follow- 

 ing : Vermont Beauty ; Flemish Beauty ; Wilder Early ; *Besse- 

 mianka. (At the best, pear culture is precarious in very cold 

 climates. Banking earth high up around tree trunks and holding- 

 it in place with boards, during the winter, is a great help. J, B.) 



