Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-02
Successful Grovaaa of Dwarf pcnrs.

I the pettion-of said commands after debate
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| Ane loilo"lAS remarks OF part OF an artl-
Gle copied from the Citcianatus, which was
written by an eminent horticultural in the
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avs - = sen iNleleSs u run growers
MR. EDITOR IL nouce IN the columns OF
your valuable Journal, an article upon the
GultlVauoh OF war; fears, by Wm' btoms
Esq, winch also seems to have been read be-
lore the Cincinnati horticultural Society,and
IN winch ne reviews an opinion expressed by
me on certain occasion, relative to the cuiti-
VaGioh Oh the pear on the ounce stock
Ane grave charge ne makes is, that L did
sayi ~ open heetlhg' and before the world,
'"'"S SI'e PS@'' upon me ounce, should be
Plan'eu ueeP enough 70 cover the place OF
Juno.lon' tn[ec OF Iour lhehes oeIo" the soil,
anu eheh tne pear VIII Ghfo" out roots from
ttseli anu the result VII! De not only early
nulaHS' Out also ongeVity. MT. Stoms
4ui'no' says nen COL wider snail nave
.Ileo tIls new project some twenty years,
1 = - tli@' 4i0 o"h SPEAK Win some truth
a. " ee carry IraltIhg ana lon
So ms u'leo' Pioposi1ion IS encopr-
sna' na :, tiieo inns new PROJECT, not only
s%01ny, p0S luorG tHah twenty nFe years
anu @.'liou sn I "ou4o NOT arroSate the ripper
eApeftenae "iicil ne c!allhs' yes VIII ven
suto ~ aseei = 'ilaS haNe III my GROUNDS
* peal iees llGh ten 10 seven
~, "1'it 'lulAS twenty lhehes
~ Gnu oI@ncnllg az the oase
I'm ten 70 '"eife teet' tnas hundreds OF these
%1o :. /" elfe 70 nlteeil years OF age
.Liat 9ereIai u tlese are 1hrty years OF age
t 1,tas 'ley nate borne regular crops from the
sniso VI ioultn year altet planting and that
~ soine Instances L nave gathered from the
Aforesaid tFees' mot hVe or SIX beautiful
pears oafy' out from one bushel to one bar
tol pel uee' ! 40 luT'her aver, That these
tiees were erl8lnaiIy upon the ounce stock
that some OF them remain IN that condition
noW' D0t that most OF them have rooted from
the pear stock and that Mr. Stoms may be-
AeVe that there Is 'some truth i'll this state
ment' lior verify "8e speak what we do
know, ana testify that we have seen,'') l
would really make oath to these facts, were
IL necessary to convince him of my yeracity.
That there may be no misunderstanding of
terms, let 1t be remembered that when l
speak OF a'0elf pear trees, term which l did
not use IN the quotation we have cited, it is in
MISREPRESENTATION TO those which are on the
pear root ior we OF Massachusetts, do not al
10" our pear trees,eVen those on the qaince.to
remain aWaffS OF monkeys. No, no. Mr..
Stoms; we do not only make our pear trees
grow, eoea on the ounce, into beautiful, large
pyramids, but we make them bear five to
seven years earlier on the ounce than they
would on the pear stock. And, as to plant
ing Deeply SO as TO allow the pear stock to
Tootp II Is no NEW thing with the intelligent
CoioneI' 1or ne has aSSays practiced this
system, a4act wei known to his Ohio friends,
and to every one who has visited his grounds.
Mt otoms asks, "Why graft on the ounce
stock at all
A@Soer' 10 OBTAIN "early truiting,R and
the pleasure ana proht OF regular crops, for
many years, before the trees would produce
li".s VI tilelt own STOCK;
ASaln ne inqoifes' - WI the pear, under
~ ~ = ne MI WIDER describes,
tsiI ~ - i'o411 'i4e pear stockJ continue
W De '"'0alJ'
A@S@ef' NO; nor do We desire that it
shoulu ior, having commenced truiting
aua luFnlst ca Itself with truit-spurs, it will
continue W pear' "hether on the pear or
luinoa ioo'' Vi ol, oo'n ana, as to ''longev-
| wy 20 seAeialiy aohltted that the more
/ 1oo'o d 1ee mas, the greater VIII be It's
SaenSeh aiFo 1he longer us ouratlon OF life.
Aienee We Plaut the Tree deep enough to
ailow II 70 root from the pear stock, and thus
| w Aeop Tue qulnce STOCK SOFT and emolhent,
~-sg, 1'@9. II y wen evenly ~ltn the pear,
Gnu ~ oln4' loU's throughout It's stem, which
IA "44' wv - Aept oeio" 'he surface OF the
sun NJ
NJ 1tolls lurther says hen the friends
- 81 P0"h tIee cuI'u re shali come forward,
anu win ,plii Oh particulars, show me an
ohen@lu u I'VE hundred dwarf pear trees, that
i n@ne Ueen zen years planted, which have
Doli'o itul' S"cceSSt~'%y ana P@ta cost, l Will
sEe up tlle contest
~" We cannot carry our orchards to Ohio,
Dut II Ifiend otoms will take tae cars next
AuSus. lpt boston, ana ADVISE me OF the time
anu d! "has depot ne VIII arrive, | will have
carriage IN readiness, take him to my house,
law soou chaI with MN IN the evening on
olhoiosy; give MN the best bed and board we
nave, ana IN the morning he shall see my
r. eai taes ana the memorandum OF my sales
u = ~! .t, Ao u 'he past rev years.
WIN tAe y, take MN TO my nelghbor Aus
LIS III :, tle treasurer OF the Massachusetts
llo 1 society," VINO mas Jt0e hundred
eea 70" Pe"f t,eeS' All these are on the
4ulnoo Iou., win the exception OF one or two
uo1eh; WAlen are on the pear root; but as
.1 i"s'el naFe oo'lle put httle 1rult, MI D.
"lH n p Jec1 70 ahelr oeihg counted IN the
!!o'' AAese trees are from eieYen TO thirteen
ye@ts VI age one hundred oil them are
11o"s0e o0''"e @e jerseys 1hese trees COM
inenoeu ABOUT three years after planting, have
Dotne iesular ana aouhuant crops ever since,