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the pnce of fruit will ever be as low in the future as in the past. Tlie wonder- 
ful growth of our cities and towns in wealth and population, will alwaj-s give 
a market at prices highly satisfactory to the producer. 
If Apples are planted at the rate of fifty trees per acre, rows of Peach trees 
can be placed between the Apples, and which, growing more quickly than the 
Apple trees, soon protect them from winds, and thus are a great benefit to them. 
After eight or ten 5 'cars of productiveness, as tlie space is needed for the Apples, 
they may be removed, leaving the orchard in better condition for health from 
their protection, and at the same time having yielded to the planter a large re- 
turn for the trouble. 
DWARF APPLES. 
Much attention has been given to planting Dwarf Apples in late years, with 
the most gratifying success. All sorts succeed equally well wlien worked upon 
the Paradise or Doucin stock : the former producing a very small tree or shrub 
—the latter a tree of considerable size, reaching some times 10 or 13 feet in height. 
Tbe.se commence bearing fruit the second year after planting, and being as 
healthy as standard trees, and wonderfully productive, are a great ornament and 
satisfaction to every planter. They should be planted from six to eight feet 
apart, and an acre will produce a large amount of fruit without the delay at- 
tending standard orchards. Being trained low, they are extremely valuable 
for the West. Taking up but littie room they are especially adapted for 
village gardens or grounds of small extent, giving the owners a constant and 
sure suppiy of choice fruit far superior to any which can be bought in market. 
PEARS. 
The cultivation of this noble fruit is rapidly extending as its value is more 
appreciated. The range of varieties is such that, like Apples, they can be had 
in good eating condition from August until early spring. 
We have found that we can rely upon a crop of Pears even when Apples 
fail, and the market demand for the fruit is constantly increasing. It succeeds 
on most soils, but docs best on a rather heavy loam. Budded on its own 
stock it makes a standard tree ; and on the French Quince, a Dwarf. The 
former being best adapted to large, permanent orchards; the latter (re- 
quiring garden culture and severe pruning every year) to smaller orchards, 
fruit yards and gardens. 
The extensive reputation obtained by this section of country for the ])roduc- 
tion of the Pear tree, is mainiy due to the character of the soil, which is 
naturally adapted to its requirements, and imparts to the young tree a perma- 
nently healthy habit and vigorous constitution, unattainable when raised on 
light lands. 
On several accounts the Pear possesses advantages over other fruits. The 
first is its delicious quality, as found in the finest varieties ; its buttery or 
melting texture, and its delicious and perfumed flavor. In this respect it 
greatly excels the Apple, and keeps nearly as well. Even the Peach is scarcely 
superior, while it keeps only two or three days. 
But the Pear, like everything highly desirable and valuable, cannot be had 
without attention, labor and skill. Tlie relative prices of the Apple and Pear 
being about as one to ten, show at the same time the superior vaiuc of the 
attcr, and the greater skiil required to bring it to perfection. 
The market value of fine Pears is a good indication or measure of the 
