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withy Nelis, the pyramidal Anjou, to the 

 columnal Sheldon, and the Poplar-like Buf- 

 fum. If you follow the directions that are 

 often given, and try to create uniformity, you 

 will ruin your trees. For dwarf I should con- 

 fine myself to Duchess and Louise Bonne ; and 

 even here you can not secure anything like uni- 

 form healthy growth. Unfortunately few of 

 our pears are perfect self-pollenizers. Among 

 the poorest are Anjou and Bartlett ; among the 

 best are Onondaga and Louise Bonne. There 

 are even widely differing degrees of capacity 

 in trees of the same sort. I have Anjous 

 standing quite isolated, that never fail of fair 

 cropping, while others with good neighbors 

 yield only scattered fruit. I have found no 

 remedy for this difficulty, but to cut out the 

 defective trees. 



For market we must have Bartlett ; and next 

 after Bartlett the Onondaga. If the trees 

 are to rough it, Louise Bonne is one of the 

 best, and Sheldon one of the poorest. Onon- 

 daga also will stand a good deal of neglect. 

 If you have a fence corner for a sprawling 

 tree, you will get extra high quality from 

 winter Nelis. If you want a pear strictly 

 for table use you will get nothing better than 

 these three: Rostiezer, Sheldon and Seckel ; 

 but neither of the three make good market 

 pears. The Sheldon is not showy, while 

 Rostiezer is positively unpresentable, and 

 Seckel has lost favor owing to its small size. 



There are four or five simple rules for suc- 

 cess in pear growing. The first is to grow in 

 sod, but with heavy mulching. This mulch- 

 ing must be occasionally lifted and the soil 

 freed of weeds. I am speaking now, of course, 

 of the suburban home pear tree, not of the 

 market pear grown in orchards. But in all 

 cases mulch heavily. The second rule is, be 

 careful not to force the growth, but give the 

 pear tree just enough food to keep the growth 

 sure and steady. If forced, pear trees crack 

 the bark and are short lived. Kitchen slops 

 make a first rate food, but, of course, must 

 not be allowed to stand in puddles about the 

 trees. My third rule is, thorough trimming. 

 While the tree should be kept free from suck- 

 ers at all seasons, in the fall new wood should 

 be cut back one-third. I would do this as 

 long as the trees are easily manageable with 

 a step-ladder. The wood that remains is more 

 likely to be ripe and less susceptible to the 

 changes of winter weather. The fourth rule 

 is, to wash the trees occasionally with kero- 

 sene emulsion. This is a restorative to old 

 trees, and can be applied with a good deal of 

 strength at least once a month. Now simply 

 add that your pears must in nearly all cases 

 be picked before they are mellow; and some 

 varieties, like Clapp, at least a week before 

 softening, and j'ou have all that needs to be 

 said in order to enjoy this most delicious fruit. 

 The tree, when well grown, is just about large 

 enough for a suburban garden or for a small 



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