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  withy 
  Nelis, 
  the 
  pyramidal 
  Anjou, 
  to 
  the 
  

   columnal 
  Sheldon, 
  and 
  the 
  Poplar-like 
  Buf- 
  

   fum. 
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  the 
  directions 
  that 
  are 
  

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  given, 
  and 
  try 
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  create 
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   will 
  ruin 
  your 
  trees. 
  For 
  dwarf 
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  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 
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   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 
  

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  and 
  you 
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  needs 
  to 
  be 
  

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  order 
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  grown, 
  is 
  just 
  about 
  large 
  

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