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“My pears are treated in the same manner as my apples, with the ex¬ 
ception, that I graft in roots standing in the ground. 
John Bell.” 
K 
Best three varieties of pears; B. P. Calioon, Kenosha. $3. 
VARIETIES EXHIBITED. 
Stephen’s Genessee. Winter Nelis. Andrews. 
Passe Colmar. Brown Beurre. Louise Bonne de Jersey. 
Beurre Diel. White Doyenne. 
Best single variety of pears (Flemish Beauty); James B. Judd, Waupun. 
83. 
“ My location is on the border of a prairie, my garden being surround¬ 
ed on the north, east, and south, by a grove. The soil is a deep, dry al¬ 
luvial clayey loam; the clay not predominating. My bearing trees have 
been set seven years from the nursery. I am not sure whether they 
were grafted above the ground or budded, but think they were budded 
upon pear stocks. The cultivation has been principally done with the 
hoe, and without cropping. I have applied animal manures both fer¬ 
mented and liquid, as also ashes, soap-suds and bones, and this present 
autumn I top-dressed the ground with chip manure. I am not in favor 
of deep planting as a rule, but prefer to have the depth of planting in¬ 
crease slightly from year to year, by cultivation and manure. Top graft¬ 
ing or budding, upon good seedling stocks, I regard as much preferable 
to root grafting. I have fruited and tested thoroughly but two varieties 
of pears in Wisconsin, and cannot therefore speak from experience in 
regard to the success of other varieties. Of these, the Flemish Beauty, 
for which I received the premium at the late State Fair, I can most confi¬ 
dently recommend as combining all the qualities desirable for a pear of 
its season. It is hardy, grows rapidly, and is very prolific with fruit, 
large and delicious. To enjoy its richest flavor, it requires ripening in 
the house, and should be taken from the tree before it parts readily from 
the bough. It ripens about the last of September or first of October. 
My trees have fruited every year since they commenced bearing, the 
produce increasing each year. The first year I had five pears, the second 
year about sixty, fifteen of which weighed nine pounds, and this year I 
gathered something over one hundred. 
