VARIETIES OF PEARS 



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THE PEAR 



The list of pears we recommend for planting is as fol- 

 lows : 



Anjou, Vermont Beauty, 



Bosc, Onondaga, 



Sheldon, Lawrence, 



Clairgeau, Duchess, 



Seckel, Bartlett. 



Fig. 13. — The Alexander and Triumph Peaches (Early Varieties). 



Pears are either dwarfs or standards. Dwarfs are the results 

 of budding pears on quince stocks. 



Standards are planted twenty to thirty feet apart each way, 

 depending on the vigor of the variety. Dwarfs are planted 

 ten to fifteen feet apart each way. 



Dwarf varieties are " coming in " in many fruit sections. 

 Early bearing, ease of pruning, spraying, and picking, etc., 

 are some of the claims made for them. 



