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This is the twentieth year since we started experiment¬ 
ing with pears for the north. We are fully convinced now that 
pears can be successfully grown here in the northwest. We 
have Mr. Tait’s forty-three years of experience with pears 
at Carterton, Canada. We both experienced failures with 
other than hardy varieties. They are the only ones that can 
be successfully grown. We have tried nearly every named 
variety of pears in our trial ground. For further testing we 
ship some to Canada and Fargo, North Dakota. 
Up to this time we have found only one 
hardy southern pear, the Douglas Pear, 
Ig; that we think is hardy and can be recom.- 
mended. We received many letters last 
year from customers asking if certain 
pears are hardy and that certain southern 
nurseries advertise them as being hardy 
here in the north. Our answer was, “No, 
they are not hardy as we have tried them.” The root stock 
is another important point to consider. We have tried a num¬ 
ber of varieties of root stocks for pears and find that the 
Harbin Ussuriensis roots are the only hardy pear roots. If 
the root freezes, the tree must die. We experienced this in 
1932 when we lost seventy-five percent of the trees grafted on 
French roots. These were recommended as being hardy. 
We have more than fifty varieties of pears in our nur¬ 
sery now. Some of these are named, others are only num¬ 
bered. We also have hundreds of seedlings. I believe that 
some of these will bear fruit this year. We do not recom¬ 
mend any pears until we have tried them ourselves for a 
number of years. We want to be sure they meet the approval 
of our customers. Some of the hardy pears are very large and 
of good quality, while others are of medium size. Some arc 
rather small in size but produce a large yield of good quality 
fruit. We do not recommend dwarfed pear trees. We sell 
only HARDY PEAR TREES. 
Zachman’s Berry Plants Are Carefully And Correctly Graded. 
