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XXXII. Some Observations on the Treatment of Pear 

 Trees, by Mr. Charles Harrison, Corresponding Mem- 

 ber of the Horticultural Society, and Gardener to James 

 Stuart Wortley, Esq., of Wortley Hall, near Sheffield. 

 Communicated by George Henry Noehden, LL. D. 

 F. L. S. $>c. Vice Secretary. 



Read May 5, 1818. 



I laid before the Society, some time ago, an account of 

 the manner in which Mr. Charles Harrison manages his 

 fruit trees, drawn up according to the data, which I had 

 collected from him in conversation.* He has lately addres- 

 sed to me, in a letter, some Observations upon the Treatment 

 of the Pear Tree, which being connected with the subject I 

 had in my former Paper spoken of, in a more general way, I 

 have great satisfaction in communicating, as it tends to 

 corroborate what was there advanced. Mr. Harrison 

 states that his Pear Trees, under the treatment alluded to, 

 thrive and prosper beyond what may be conceived, never 

 failing to produce abundance of fruit. It consists, partly, 

 in the mode of pruning, and partly in the application of a 

 certain ointment, or composition, by which all insects that 

 may infest the trees, are destroyed, and the latter kept in 

 a clean and healthy condition. He says that he has fre- 

 quently been solicited by those, who have seen the effects 

 of his method, to make it known, but he has hitherto re- 

 frained from publishing it, intending to communicate it, in 



* See page 37- 



