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cold and moist climate most certainly pears will not get 

 too ripe, more especially in the north of England and 

 Scotland. Some years since I received a letter from a 

 correspondent Uving in a hUly part of Derbyshire, from 

 which I give an extract : — ' I have tried Beurre Diel, 

 BeurrS de Capianmont, Marie Loilise, and Williams' 

 Bon OhrStien, on pear stocks, all of which bear well as 

 standards, bnt their fruit does not come to perfection, 

 always remaining quite hard till it decays at the core. 

 I have placed the fruit in a hot-house, but have never 

 succeeded in ripening it. Williams' Bon Ohrgtien we 

 can only use for stewing.' This seems to show that 

 cold, hilly situations are not favourable to the cultiva- 

 tion of pears as standards. I have recommended some 

 pears on quince stocks, and have heard of a favourable 

 result. 



