34 Fruit Culture. 



where the great danger to our trees lie. I would advise the 

 planting of pears on high, dry ground, early in the spring; 

 cultivate and work ; give them a vigorous start early in the 

 season. Do not work among them later than July, so they 

 can go into winter quarters with well ripened, matured 

 wood. Do not manure around them at all, as our ground 

 is generally rich enough for any tree. Late irrigating must 

 be done if required. If the weeds are too bad, pull them 

 by hand rather than plow late in the season. Wrapping the 

 trunks of the trees in November in gunny sacks, not too 

 thick, just enough to keep them on and the sun from scald- 

 ing them, I think beneficial." 



Some one, whose name we cannot recall, has said that 

 "pears will grow as well as cottonwoods. I have not lost 

 one out of twenty-five. A horse ate one to the roots three 

 times, but it grew up each time." 



More attention has been paid to pear culture in South- 

 ern Colorado than in the northern part of the State; still 

 there is no reason to doubt their success north of the Divide 

 than there is to doubt that of the apple. Pear trees at 

 Greeley have been fruited for several year.s. Mr. A. E. 

 Gipson writes that they give promise of being a marked 

 success in the valley of the Cache la Poudre; and if there, 

 there is no valley on the eastern slope of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain ranges where they may not be grown. 



VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR NORTHERN COLORADO. 



BY D. S. GRIMES: Bartlett, Clapp's Favorite, Flemish 

 Beauty, Louise, Seckel, l^onne de Jersey, Lawrence and 

 Vicar. 



BY A. E. GIPSON : Flemish Beauty, Duchess, Bartlett. 



BY J. H. NEWCOMB: Bartlett, Lawrence, Vicar, Flemish 

 Beauty, Clapp's Favorite, Duchess, Seckel, Buffum, Brandy- 

 wine,. Louise, Bonne de Jersey. 



BY M. N. EVERETT : Louise, Bonne de Jersey. 



