PE^R CULTURE. 



A MANUAL 



PEOPAGATION, PLANTING, CULTIYATIOlSr, 

 AND MANAGEMENT 



THE PEAR TREE. 



WITH 



DESCEIPTIONS A3SV ILLUSTRATIONS OP THE MOST PEODITCTIVE 



OF THE FINEE YAEIETIE3, AND SELECTIONS OE KIND6 



MOST PEOEITABLT GEOWN FOE MAEKET. 



THOS. W. FIELD. 



rHK golden-dropping Pear, tho reddenmg glow 

 Upon the cheek of Beniity, and the Peaon, 

 Hnvo common oouree and end. Tho Dust 

 We till, we m-e. The nodding flower, the Elm, 

 A.rc1iiiig in cloieten lUid in rnulled aislct, 

 A.rc man, oi beast, or woiin, in other forms. 



No mnrblo dumb, or crumbling tomb shall rear 

 Their pale chill woUs o'er me. The tree I plAn 

 Shall monument my dust^-itaelf the tree, 

 Kefined in leaf, nnd fruit, and flower: that when 

 The immaterial part puta muttor on 

 A^in, it ia more fit for Heav«n. 



NEW-TOEK : 



ORANGE JUDD & CO., 41 PARK ROW. 



1866. 



