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PEARS 



Pear-growing can be made just as profitable as apple-growing in most localities in the East. Pear trees 

 will thrive in situations where apple trees will not, because they will stand lack of moisture and too much 

 moisture better than any other Iruit. Most varieties are hardy, and the blossoms will stand frosts well. 

 Our eastern farmers ought to get the correct idea about Pears — that they are a standard money-making 

 fruit. 



Out in the northwestern states — Montana, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia — they are growing 

 what they call "Come East Pears," lor which they get $3, ^4, and $5 a bushel box. The color of the fruit 

 is high, and the quaUty is good — but the color, texture and flavor are not a whit better than of Pears grown 

 in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and many other eastern states. Our farms could be growing 

 Pears that would bring the same prices, if proper attention were given to producing fine fruit, and then 

 enough care were given to grading and packing it so that consumers would get it in as good shape as it left 

 the orchard. 



A commercial Pear orchard of five acres will require only a moderate amount of work every year to 

 keep it in the best condition. For this work there will be a handsome income if proper methods are used. 

 You can prove this in our own orchard, or see it^now in the orchards of a good many live growers in the east- 

 ern states. The trouble is that the majority of men doubt that Pears pay, and do not find out the facts. 

 It does not seem to us that this is good policy — while the other fellows are getting the money. 



Plant permanent, standard Pear trees 20, 25, or 30 feet apart, depending on the location and the soil. 

 Warm, loamy soil will grow bigger trees than thin soil, while lower elevations will also produce big trees. 

 Some of the varieties grow bigger than others, but this is not so marked in Pears as with apples and peaches. 

 By all means use fillers between Pear trees. You can fill the orchard so that there is not more than 12 feet 

 between the trees, and it is a good thing to do if you will give good cultivation, especially with dwarfs. In 

 case you do not care to use dwarfs, 15 feet is close enough to plant standard fillers of early-bearing sorts. 



Any kind of Pears that bear young make good fillers 

 between apple trees. The dwarf stock has advantages, 

 of course. One point is that Pear and apple trees are 

 more nearly the same in their requirements than apple 

 and peach. Against this you must wait about one year 

 more to get your first crop with Pears than with peaches. 

 The Pears are the easier to market, but command a 

 little less money to the acre than peaches. If you want 

 Pears for home use, select several kinds that will ripen 

 from earliest to latest, and put them in rich soil. Were we 

 planting Pears about our home, we would choose dwarf 

 trees, because we would be right there to give them the 

 attention needed. 



Be sure you plant with reference to cross-pollination. 

 Pear blossoms require this, and will produce little high- 

 grade fruit unless they have it. The care of Pear trees at 

 planting time is not any different from the care of apple 

 trees. Less feeding will be required for standard Pears, 

 however, than for apples. By all means get "How to 

 Grow and Market Fruit," in which the how and the where- 

 fore of these things are fully explained. 



It is a mistake to suppose that there are no large 

 commercial Pear orchards. In the New England and the 

 Middle Atlantic states there are many such, where the 

 owners would refuse $700 an acre for their orchards. Kief- 

 fer generally is the stand-by. 



ALL STANDARD TREES EXCEPT KIEFFER 



Each 



6 to 7 ft $0 50 



5 to 6 ft 40 



4 to 5 ft 35 



3 to 4 ft 30 



KIEFFER PEAR 



Each 



7 to 8 ft., 3-yr lo 40 



6 to 7 ft., 2-yr 35 



5 to 6 ft., I- and 2-yr 30 



4 to 5 ft., I- and 2-yr 25 



3 to 4 ft., I- and 2-yr 20 



2 to 3 ft., I- and 2-yr 15 



DWARF TREES 



Bartlett, Duchess, Seckel, Clapp's Favorite, Sheldon. Man- 

 ning's Elizabeth and Flemish Beauty are the only varieties 

 we have on dwarf stock. Each 



4 to 5 ft ^025 



3 to 4 ft 20 



2 to 3 ft IS 



21 





10 



100 



1,000 



I4 



00 



I35 GG 



I300 00 



3 



50 



30 GG 



250 GO 



3 



00 



25 GG 



200 00 



2 



50 



20 GG 



150 00 



TR 



EES: 



10 



) 



100 



1,000 



^3 



50 



I25 GO 



S225 GO 



3 



GO 



2G GG 



175 GG 



2 



50 



15 00 



1 40 00 



2 



GO 



12 00 



IIG 00 



I 



50 



8 00 



75 00 



I 



00 



7 GO 



60 00 



10 



100 



$2 00 



$15 GO 



I SO 



12 GG 



I 25 



10 00 



This pear tr«it iias broubut $2« 



for fifteen years past 



every season 



