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Picking Pears In New England 
Perhaps some of your many readers will 
be interested to know when it is the right 
time to pick pears. I will give a list of 
the best pears to raise in Maine, Massa¬ 
chusetts. Vermont and New Hampshire, 
and about the right time to gather them ; 
a little late for this year, but. may help 
out for next. 
Clapp’s Favorite—Aug. 20 to Sept. 1. 
Bartlett—Aug. 20 to Sept. 1. 
Beurre Bose-—Sept. 20 to Oct. 1. 
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I do not advise growing the Kieffer 
pear for own use, as it is not a good eat¬ 
ing pear. All pears want to be picked 
from tree at time I have mentioned, put 
in a cool place; then they will all ripen 
at proper time. Remember, you pick a 
Bed Af 5 trachan apple in September, but 
you would not think of picking Baldwins 
at that time. .Tust the same with pears ; 
some early, others late. Never preserve a 
pear when it is green, because it has no 
flavor. A potato would answer the same 
purpose. You only get the taste of sugar. 
Wait until the pear is ripe, no't soft, then 
your preserves will taste like the pear, 
bn September 20 I saw a woman buying 
some Vicar of Winkfield pears to pre¬ 
serve. This pear should not be picked 
from tree until November 1. put away in 
cool place, and it will turn yellow and 
ripen from February 1 to March 1. My 
father’s pear orchard is one of the oldest 
in Maine. I have kept it up since his 
death, 20 years ago. Pears raised each 
year vary from 1() to 85 bushels. 
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Paeony and Aster Wilts 
The pmony will thrive on a great 
variety of soils, but it is at its best on a 
deep heavy, moisture-retaining clay 
loam’, though it will not stand wet feet 
Neither will it endure a hot, dry sand 
around its roots. The first condition will 
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proper drainage, and to remove the soil 
until the root is exposed, and then re¬ 
move all diseased parts. This should be 
done as soon as any wilting is noticed. 
The second condition often results in a 
drying up and drooping of the stalk, and 
the remedy consists of the removal of a 
part of the soil near the roots, and the 
substitution of a good loam, at the same 
time applying a little potash, preferably 
in the form of hardwood ashes, together 
with a great abundance of water. The 
plants should ahso be heavily mulched to 
enable the soil to retain the moisture. 
Lawn clippings make an excellent mulch¬ 
ing for this purpose. The _ pseony does 
not require an excessively rich soil, and 
soil that will produce a good crop of corn 
or potatoes is sufficiently rich in fertil¬ 
izers for ptBonies. and heavy applications 
of unrotted stable manure, even if they 
do not induce disease, will make the 
plants susceptible to both wilt and bud- 
blight. If the plants are mulched as a 
winter protection, the mulching must be 
removed as soon as the frost begins to 
leave the ground, as the pseony is one of 
the earliest of plants to begin growth in 
'he Spring and. if the tender points are 
l)roken, the stalks will not produce blos¬ 
soms. even though they may not suffer 
in growth or development. 
Tlie same conditions prevail in regard 
lo the wilt of the aster. The jilant does 
not require the excessively i-ich soil that 
is usually given it. .Vii ordinarily good 
garden soil, reinforced with a little high 
grade commerical fertilizer, is all that is 
necessary, and a heavy application of 
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Remove, also, as much as is practicable 
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