56 A LIST OF VARIETIES. 
the orchard. I am frequently asked, by persons about 
to engage in pear culture, “ What kinds shall I plant 
for market purposes?” My reply in most cases has 
been: “First, make inquiry of persons living near 
your location, to learn if possible which kinds suc- 
ceed best, and then confine your list to a very lim- 
ited number of varieties.” 
I cannot even now make out a list of varieties 
that would be a safe guide to others located in a dif 
ferent part of the country. There are so many con- 
tingencies, that if I prepared one, it would more 
probably mislead than instruct them. Our expe- 
rience for the past fifteen years in growing pears for 
the New York market, has caused a reduction in our 
list of fifty varieties to the following named sorts, 
all of which succeed well and command the highest 
market prices. 
EARLY. 
Bartlett. Doyenné Boussock. 
FALL. 
Duchesse d’Angouléme. Beurré Clairgeau. Seckel. 
WINTER. 
Beurré d’Anjou. Lawrence. Vicar of Winkfield. 
All of these we plant as standards, except the 
Duchesse d’Angouléme, which we still cultivate on 
quince roots. 
Pears ripening before the Bartlett with us have 
