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He considered it advisable always to study the peculiarities 

 of varieties in regard to their bearing properties in order to- 

 avoid confusion and error in the estimation of Ivinds. He 

 instanced the " Napoleon" where in warm, sandy loam, it 

 was poor and astringent, but in strong and retentive clayey 

 loam, it was ver}^ fine. The first mentioned soil is also well 

 suited to the Belle Lucratif for an autumnal pear, and to the 

 Bloodgood as a summer pear. This accounts too for pears 

 which were excellent on the very spot where they sprung up 

 as seedlings, becoming worthless when transplanted a short 

 distance, it may be, from it. The locality of planting partic- 

 ular varieties should be regarded. Some will not flourish 

 in the open country, and require sheltered gardens, such 

 are the Easter Beurre, Marie Louise, Long Green and Gan- 

 sels Bergamotte. Mr. Ives recommended the hardy fall and 

 winter pears for farm cultivation, such indeed as were termed 

 cooking pears' In St. Peter's street in this city is a large 

 pear tree at least 40 years old, which annually bears good 

 sound fruit. It is the Rushmore's Bon Chretien. In 1847 

 the owner took 3 1-2 bushels of pears from the tree for his 

 own use and sold the balance for 826.50. The following 

 may be especially recommended, the Pound or Uvesdale's 

 Saint Germaine, Black Pear of Worcester, Spanish Bon 

 Chretien, Catillac, Chelmsford and Vicar of Winkfield. It 

 was the opinion of the late Robert Manning, the distinguished 

 cultivator of fruit trees, that "the extensive cultiA'ation of 

 these sorts in large orchards would produce greater and 

 surer income for the capital employed than any other 

 investment." The Black Pear of Worcester is thus exten- 

 sively cultivated in many towns of Plymouth county with 

 success. 



Mr. I. considered that the best pears for our cultivation, 

 were those which originated with us or else those kinds 

 which were originated in the temperate and colder latitudes 

 of Europe. Our Massachusetts farmers should prefer our 

 own fine American seedlings. 



