CHAPTER IX. 
VARIETIES TO PLANT. 
To select the best varieties to plant in the 
orchard is always a puzzling task for the beginner, 
especially if he is in a location where there have 
been few pear trees planted. There are not many 
sorts that do well in all parts of the country; such 
is the influence of soil and climate on pears, that the 
same varieties often differ in quality and productive- 
ness In different parts of the same State. Persons 
cannot always be guided in making a selection by 
ascertaining the kinds that have been fully tested in 
other parts of the State, unless the soil and climate 
are alike. Even with such varieties as the Bartlett, 
Duchesse @’Angouléme, Seckel and Vicar of Wink- 
field, which succeed in most localities, I have fre- 
quently witnessed so marked a difference in their 
appearance and quality, as for a time to doubt 
whether they were not other sorts. The great dif 
ficulty in making a judicious assortment is, that 
there are too many varieties from which to choose. 
If a person consults books on the subject, or 
