CHOICE KINDS OF PEARS. 55 
few of them were in sufficient quantity to make it 
an object to send them to market. At the expira- 
tion of ten years two-thirds of the original fifteen 
hundred trees had to be re-grafted. 
It is much less trouble and more profitable to 
dispose of one hundred barrels of any one well- 
known variety than to sell ten barrels of ten differ- 
ent varieties. In an orchard of five hundred trees, 
I would not have less than one hundred of the same 
kind. As a matter of course, before deciding, I 
would endeavor to make myself familiar with the 
varieties that will most likely do well in the locality. 
In making selections for the orchard, preference 
should always be given to trees whose natural habits 
are vigorous, for strength, combined with product- 
iveness and good quality, and adaptation to soil and 
climate, are the requirements we need. There are 
many choice kinds of pears on our catalogues that 
are rendered unfit for the orchard, by their habit of 
growth being so irregular and uncertain. This 
peculiarity, and an inclination to overbear while 
young, should deter purchasers from planting largely 
of such varieties in the orchard, and therefore in- 
quiry should always be made on these points before 
selecting. It makes little difference to the orchard- 
ist what the quality of the pear may be; if the tree 
is a poor grower, if becomes an unsightly object in 
