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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



Sept. 



not come into bearing early," in his visit at Wau- 

 kegan, in 1862, but says, "I cannot do the Flemish 

 Beauty justice ;" "it bears early and often, and all 

 the time as a standard. There are hundreds of 

 bushels growing about here. Every tree is load- 

 ed, and this variety is considorod the standard pear 

 for th'- West — hardy and always productive. The 

 Flemish Beauty on pear, and Louise Beurre on 

 quince, may be emphatically recommended, and a 

 bushel of either sbrt can be raised as soon, as eaxUy 

 and as surely us a bushel of apples, and where that 

 apples will grow." '"In regard to the surenessof 

 the pear crop," he goes on to say, "Mr. Wm. S. 

 Carpenter, u successful pear grower of Westches- 

 ter Co., N. Y., who chanced to hear us read the 

 proof of the above, remarked that 'he would 

 ra:her raise a bushel of pears than apples,' consid- 

 ering them a more certain as well as a more peofit- 

 able crop." 



I wish this all true, but it seems too good to be 

 true. Can other nurserymen confirm ? Now, I 

 want some of these trees, both apple and pear, and 

 if I can't get them without, why I must raise th< m, 

 that's all. Who will furnish me with them? I 

 thank you, Mr. editor, for bringing this matter to 

 lig it. and I hope that you will find it convenient 

 to say more on tiiis subject, and in reference to 

 other kinds of fruit, also. 



Very t.ruly yours, 



B C. Church. 



— The above is to the point. When planters 

 demand certain varieties they will be grown. This 

 systt-m of the nurserymen making the selection, 

 giving you an assortment, is the merest humbug. 

 Suppose a merchant would nf)t sell you half a doz- 

 en towels unless you take a general assortment of 

 his goods, what would you think of him ? No, 

 but the nurseryman will not sell the tree dealer 

 his choice varieties at the usual wholesale rate, 

 these he keeps for his customers. iSend your or- 

 der dirt i't 10 the nurseryman for certain varieties 

 and ten to one you will get them. 



The Hawthorndon h.is not proved hardy, nor is 

 it a reliable bearear like the Codlin, hence, though 

 an e,irl\ beah-r, it is of no great value. We some- 

 times have it loaded to the utmost with fine fi uit, 

 of excellent quality for cooking, and then agidn 

 not a blossom will set We have now in the nur- 

 sery, in bearing. Codlins, \^ooper Early White and 

 Yell.)\v Injesture; some of the trees are heavily 

 loadf d. The Litter is too small to be very profit- 

 abl". The Red Astrachan bears alternate years, 

 at from five lo six years from transplanting of four 

 year old trt:-es. Saps of Wine or William's Favor- 

 it j i'^not an early bearer, say six to eight years, it 

 is a d. su-able apple. We have a few this year on 



trees *t five years. Neither the Late or Early 

 Strawberry have proved valuable, or profitable 

 with us. Lowel we highly esteem. The tree is 

 beautiful, the fruit is large and fair, and the trees 

 bear rather young, say at five to six years. Duch- 

 ess of Oldenbburgh is another valuable apple, 

 bearing in four to five years. Dyer, we have fail- 

 ed to get trees, and cannot speak of it from per- 

 sonal experience. Porter bears good crops but 

 tardy. Baldwin we would not plant at all. Jon- 

 athan is a good and early bearer, say six to sev n 

 years, considering it is a slow growing tree. It will 

 doubtless be one of our popular apples after awhile. 

 Early Pennock is a desirable variety for its abund- 

 ant crops. .-^ 



When a man talks of growing pears as cheap as 

 apples, we simply set him down with the pear fe- 

 ver, which will have its run until he gets a dose of 

 the leaf blight. The Flemish beauty we place at 

 the head of standard pears, but they require six 

 to eight years to give you fruit. The Bartlett, 

 Doyenne de Ete, Madeleine, Beurre, Gobault, 

 Louise Beurre de Jersey, and Beurre Auraulis all 

 bear young, that is to say two year old trees, the 

 second year after setting out. Madeleine and Doy- 

 enne de Ete are valuable for their earliness in the 

 season. Oue-f 'Urth of our stock of pear trees, 

 is of Louise Beurre and another fourth of Bartlett, 

 one eighth of Flimish Beauty, and the remainder 

 some half a dozen sorts. Like you, friend Church, 

 we want pears in this life, if we have them at all, 

 that is we prefer a share of them to giving all to 

 our posterity, we plant for our own use. We have 

 large trees of the Flemish Beauty and the Buffum 

 in full bearing. The latter is tardy on its own roots, 

 but bears young on the quince. We have several 

 trees now loaded with fruit, it is one of those 

 fruiis that improve in your estimation by acquain- 

 tance. 



Last fall and spring we sold several orchards of 

 Keswick Codlin, Snow Apple and the Stann.ird, 

 ranging from two hundred to a thousand trees 

 each. 



We cannot sell to tree peddlers for one reason, 

 that we have no sort that we want to get rid of, 

 which we wnu'.d not send to our customers. In 

 another connection will be found an item under the 

 head of tree selling. 



We think most of the nurserymen have the vari- 

 eties nannd ; of course we don't mean that class of 

 nurserymen who from tree peddlers, have gruwn a 

 fow trees for sale and call themselves nurserymen, 

 and yet purchase most of their stock. These men 

 must come under the head of tree dealers. 



Now friend Church, if you will plant the Early 

 Scarlet, Wi.lson's Albany and Longworth's Pro 





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