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ALICE CARY'S SWEETEST POE* 
Of nil the beautiful ptoluro* 
That tin 
a Mm 
Tint (tr#mi-!li Hi* lw-i of nil; 
Not for ii» irn-irlrJ <vik* eldrn, 
Durk «lth the Hibtlctia-, 
Not fur tin 4 violet* jpsMeu 
Tim lean from llio fmcrrmt br»li:c. 
Coquet In c n>) day mllli the sunbeams. 
And Kira line their gulden edge; 
Nut (or the vine* <>n the n|'l»nd 
Where iliv bright red brrrlr* rv*l, 
North* |<ink>, nni Dir nalc.swvct cowslip 
II Kornirth lo mo tlic b»L 
I once hail« Hllle bmlbrr 
With eyes lb'll were dark and deep— 
In llip lap of Hull olden fortnt 
Hr If till In peato aolecp, 
l.ialit a. Ihc down of the tliUOr, 
Free a- I In: wind* (litt blow, 
Wo rnrwl Dim the UimuUful Summer*— 
The Snmtm.r* ol Inn# agn; 
Bnl lu« feet on the hills (trow wwry, 
And nnc of the Autumn eve* 
I made lor my llHtebrother 
A tod nf the yellow leave*. 
Kwi i'lly hi» pale arms folded 
A? tin. light of imutorlul beamy 
Silently covered hi* face! 
And wlich Hie arrows of min.-el 
bodged in the tree-lops bright, 
He I' ll, in his Taint like beauty, 
Asleep by (lie Rates of lijjliL 
Tlierelore, ol nil the picture* 
Tlml Imng on Memory'* nail, 
The one of Du- dim old lnresl 
Seeoielh llic botl of all. 
PEAR CULTURE. 
San Jose, Sept. ^3th, 1881. 
Joint R. Brikri.v, Kki; , I.os Angeles, 
l-'al.,— Dear Sit: Your kind bitter of Au¬ 
gust S!3d, containing on iirvitatiou to visit 
your city, and inclosing u complimentary 
ticket to your Horticultural and t'tmtemiial 
Fair, came duly to hand, Fur home ilnyk 
after it* receipt I indulged the hopo thot- I 
might ao arrange my busines* a* to he able 
to avail myself of ynur kind offer and In 
vitatiun, but each day seemed to suggest 
something more important tu bn attended 
to the next, until I mu obliged to dismiss 
tin ides of seeing your wonderfully pro- 
duciivL- country until pur busy canning 
.I H.'.II is over, plea*.- accept my ilncero 
thank* for your kind oflwrand office*. Your 
interrogatories relating to pe„ t culture 1 
replj to in the ordei in which they 
SEMI-TROPIC CAL Tf'ORXI A. 
Lm sorts and nil the new varieties that j larger growth, and their predominance in 
“.V , .wl.l.lo lo dwarf c, I- .ngroh.nl ,l,„.,ld Irtrra.".. 
t,™ If, Tori rrfitw* to join tb. d«.rl .. r, s „l„„.» .l.oul.l t- .toon-d. « h.n 
i, „ Ldd he “double worked” sml; the varieties that attain a largo *.*<• pro- 
stock it . , ’ 1 L t wav The dominate, the distance should not he less 
n. ure c.rcttmren cd than thirty-two feet -part. To secu.e the 
readily embrac'd th- popular doctrines | hrst .esults the tree* should bn 80 |. anted 
r • drai.e.l the enterpriaiuir nul-1 and trained that when they Imvc attained 
!,'"mrTd»«rf pn.r. in .t„* tH,ire. j Hi"" t,.ll ,uo ..1 al.HlJ .'"J l”« !< 
■■ There oo„l,l h, .. 01 Hi, ouler .url.'w of oAoli to- ah'.l'l.l «» 
U" n™«ivr,otJ ..I.lono. . 1 .11.1.. ...... 1.0 ....... ... lb. 
light, .... .'..I .. - pin"-' 1 1 ■»;,.« «"."»■ I"""” 1 J- n ' , a ''’V 
them, often lo the exclusion nf standard*, 
follows: 
Winch stock would you use for orchard, 
standard or dwarf ? 
By all means, standard. 
The dwarf, outside of a few varielie 
under garden culture, has not proved a *ui 
rev Twenty year* ago the columns of the 
horticultural periodical, in the Hast were 
te- ming with eommendatory articles upon 
dwarl pe.nr eullui.-. and the catalogue* of 
elic*. embracing most of the old taiutl mnr- 
rnild not be 
What is a fair average yield pm tree of 
an orchard with trers ten ymrs old and 
upwards ? 
Three hundred pounds v 
>r estimate. 
At what age will trees begin to bear suf¬ 
ficient fruit to pay expenses >.f cultivation? 
S > much depends upon soil, sarit lies nml 
manner of eultivntiori that ft definite att* 
• wer cannot bo given. As n role, those 
which are the most neglected will 
hear sooner than those in which u regular 
and vigorous growth through the whole 
season is kept up; hut such bearing will be 
nl the expense of thu future capacity and 
longevity of tha true, and in accordance 
with that law of nature which provides for 
the continuance of aperies mid which as- 
sertb itself by hastening the period of ma¬ 
turity as a consequent upon the injury that 
tends to impair ilm vigor of the individual, 
or parent. I think it safe to assume that 
an orchard composed of the popular varieties 
will pay the coal of culture the fourth year 
when standard Could have been obtained, 
The result has not bean wiiisfaclory. blan 
dards have taken the place of dwarfs and 
iho latter are but seldom found in our 
chanls. 
What varieties would you plan*. »"<! 
about what number of each fur an orchard | 
of ten acres? 
My action would depend upon two con | 
sideiation*. First, the period of maturity 
of the same variety grown in different lo¬ 
cations and see,ting the same market; and 
secondly, the extent and character of the r 
planting in the near vicinity, Setting aside ] 
the shove consideration*, I should plant all 
Bart lets with the exception of such late 
varieties as might be required to meet the ' 
local demand. Five hundred Barih-its, 1.1 
Winter Nelis, *1 Master Ilcurrc, •» Beurre 
<>so, 5 White Doyenne, Dan** lluvey, 
Doyenne <1 u Caniinu, 3 Scokvl, ‘J Beurrt 
ifford, and 5 Beurre Hardy, wnuld make 
a very suitable selection for ten acre* and . . 
would give about the rigid diatancu for I from plant mg. 
Bartlett*. For an orchard mada up of l«rg. Wlul ha- been the average price re- 
Atid small growth* in liseriminiilcly, thirty reived by the orehardist* lor pears of good 
feet is not too grent n disi.»nee for pears. quality the past live years- ? 
WoolJ |.Um lk» »»,-■ vgrbliM W.h ItartMK W.»Wf Dojcnno Jo 
, vit» „(h«i.. c » m.rk„l .1 c„,..or... * l l I,TO, '. 1 < f' c,ut Mor»iu. E».,r Soom. 
ih.t ,o„ «„ul,l i.lant will, ll„ iolonli,,., 1 Own., U..vcv, Nilo, n..J 
,l,.],|'i.,L' lo in.rltot I. II,i. nod Il„- *om, Ml.or wiring >'»*• •«'•*•* *l»«l 
two cents per pound. \\ lule the inter 
" No. Make “varieties* singular. Ye*. I mcdiiatc embracing Howell, 
Famter* use the Bartlett ot.lv, While this VUll, ‘ Doywnne, Duchwe d AngmilentP, 
variety i* the only canning pear, it n at the ,5r " rf * ( ’ ns ,le f, ‘ ve , r > Heurrc Bnsc, BoUrre 
same time the im.-t val.mbhs variety for Anjou, H.-urre Hardy, OnondBga, Shcl 
shipping either l» market* here or lhe'M»*t i ,,UB ’ ‘.■ol«tmb , R, I^biyenne do Cnmice, I'rf- 
it linv a longer period npon the market than " 1 “te, \ iear ■.f >1 inkfudd, Beurre Did, 
any variety that requires marketing direct j 11 '- VBn "° k and some other*, have 
from the orchard: it is a regular ami u».• ‘ *ol<i for about one arid one half cent per 
form bearer, and names csrlv into hearing. I P nm "* b. shippers, 
Thu tree i„ hardy and easily managed m . H hav been a-*ortpd und gnnerully be¬ 
lli.- orchard, and by it-, lateu.-** in l.lor.m , ll "‘ <«l'"‘t Morottan pear treu 
and foliage il often‘esi ap. * fr-.slK and the ! w “* , "’ t » ulj j , ' cl •» tlm attack of the soul* 
ravages ..f tlmee ituecla tha'. are so .h *tr«e I W 4 , ^'lt this proves incmruet. There ia 
tive at tints* to thu follag.. of thu*o varl- "" v * ri * t J kuowu to nu» free from its at 
••tie* that put forth earlier. Itlm* inoreased j 
one bundled per cent, m marki-t value! *‘ M ’. .-i.iuprtsaa all ilm quettioit* 
within the hint three yean The reqi.iie ! T f, q»' r 'nir »p''Ciftc answer*, While I might 
merit* . f oannera alone give this varit.-rv u rn ' ,r ” ^'n i-e in my replies, vet 
proniiiiui.ee lh.it no other cau ever attain, ^ ragan) it but proper that Komi* reason* lie 
while «* a n.arkei variety it Ims no j,„! >'«'■" for mv cui.du»ionv, 
Whs* distance apart should tree* be! With kiiitt regards, I remain, truly your 
j fi-ientl, J. Q. A. Bali of. 
|,.rll, minors l,y Ilu-1 PlS«DE*NrOUM~ 
onu question, but not | __ _ 
1 Emrtm Siuit.Titopit’_Dear Sir: hint-o 
Onon.JagB, Bernie ■ ilie fair held In in on Sspteinl.er nib I hate 
slow growing mid j boon questioned repeatedly, and strongly 
I .. w '' !"' l ,U !''‘ ul nearor urged to give my opinion of the new fling 
J together than thou- vaneltea that attain a| p D * u h grown by Dr. Conger, of Fn.a.len* 
planted? 
This question 
respouse to the 
I frilly. 
| Tbc Bartlett, 
ICIttirgnau, amt 
dwarfish k 
>the 
