THE PEAR. 



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the next summer, and nearly all tlie balance can be whip* 

 grafted the ensuing spring. 



Most kinds of pears grow well on the quince, and come 

 some years earlier into bearing. The common quince is 

 not sufficiently vigorous to form a good stock ; but for 

 this purpose the Angers Quince — an upright, quick-grow- 

 ing variety, which takes readily from cuttings — ^is used. 

 The fruit produced from trees on this stock are usually 

 larger and of better flavor than on the pear. The trees 

 can also be set much nearer each other; they come into 

 bearing in two or three years, but are not so long-lived as 

 on the pear. 



In planting, the trees on the pear stocks should be set 

 twenty feet apart ; but as these will be several years be- 

 fore they come into bearing, the spaces should be filled up 

 with dwarf trees groAving on the quince stock, so as to 

 leave them when planted ten feet apart. Thus a planta- 

 tion of sixteen trees, set in a square, on the pear stock, 

 would require thirty-three on the quince to fill the inter- 

 vals — making a square of seven trees on a side. The 

 dwarf trees should be planted so deeply as to cover every 

 trace of the quince stock, in order to permit roots to be 

 thrown out from above the point of union. This will 

 prevent the quince borer, and add to the longevity of the 

 tree. The soil must be kept clean and well tilled; but 

 should not be deeply spaded within two feet of the trunk. 

 No fruit tree will be healthy or bear well if the ground is 

 deeply spaded near its stem. 



The pear likes a deep, strong loam, similar to that 

 required by the apple. Iron is very beneficial ; hence the 

 pear succeeds well in our red clayey loam, if deeply dug 

 and sufiiciently manured. On the quince the soil should 

 be deep and cool. 



