CHAPTER XIV. 
PROFITS OF PEAR OULTURE. 
DovsriEss, many persons fond, of horticultural 
pursuits, would have turned their attention, to and 
invested capital in, pear culture, if it had not been 
for the bugbear that has been trumpeted through 
different channels for years—‘ that in a short time 
there will be so many pears in market, you cannot 
give them away.” This we have heard frequently 
for the past fifteen years; but the demand for fine 
fruit and the prices obtained have steadily advanced. 
That there have been failures no one will deny, 
and I have no doubt, if we had a true record of all 
who have planted pear orchards, there would be 
summed up three failures to every success. This is 
the case, to the extent of my own observations, 
among pear growers. The trouble is not, that the 
market is overstocked with well grown pears,—on 
the contrary, the demand is more than the supply. 
But there are too many persons who can echo the 
ery of the grower, who said to me a short time ago— 
“‘What difference does it make to me what prices 
