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choice fruits are sellmg for, when I have none to 
dispose of. My trees are dying instead of bearing.” 
This is the case with many orchards that were 
planted ten or fifteen years ago, before many fruit 
culturists were aware of the fact, that all varieties 
will not succeed equally well in the same locality, 
but that soil and climate exert an important in- 
fluence on the vigor of the tree as well as on the 
quality of the fruit. On our place, the Duchesse 
d’Angouléme is one of our leading kinds. It has 
only failed to produce a fair crop, three times in 
fourteen years. In many other localities, this tree 
grows well, blossoms freely, but it does not set its 
fruit, and it has the reputation of being a very un- 
certain variety. ‘Then, as I have said before, the 
quality of fruit grown in different localities, differs 
very much. On the clay soil of New Jersey the 
fruit of the Duchesse d’Angouléme is first quality, 
while in many parts of Long Island and of West 
Chester Co., New York, the quality is quite indif 
ferent. 
In a former chapter, I endeavored to point out 
some of the causes why so many fail in their “at- 
tempts to grow pears with profit for market. 
There is no doubt but pears can be grown suc- 
cessfully and made highly remunerative, provided 
the necessary conditions are complied with. There 
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