, 1858-10-22
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How 20 Raise Seeding Pears.
The following interesting article on Seed
ling Pears is taken from the last number Of
the California CGltwist:
With very many who have made the
attempt to raise Seeding pears, or even pear
stalks, from the seed, a great deal of disap
pointment has occurred. Tho failure, in
many instances, without doubt is in conse.
quence Of the imperfect or poor seed, as the
fact is well established that much Of the
seed of the pear that, upon inspection, ap.
pears perfect, never germinatcs. But proba,
bly, the more general cause Of failure is in
the imperfect mode adopted by gardeners Of
starting their seeds.
The pear seems peculiar in one respect
for whilst apple seeds will gcrminate al
almost any depth, from half an inch to si1
inches, IL the ground be warm and moist
The pear viii not, and probably fifty per cent
of all the pear seeds sown are lost by being
covered too deeply. To the amateur, as well
as the nursery grower Of pear stalks, We
commend the following for its reliability,
emanating from one whose long and success
fal experience entities It 70 the highest con
sidcration:
Planting pear pips for the purpose Of rails
ing new varieties is very Interesting ON
ploymcnt. Some oightinch pots should be
kept at hand filled to within an inch Of their
rims with tolcrably fine mold, and when a
dne pear Is eaten or one decays, the pips
should immediately be planted in the pots
about half an inch deep. A piece of perfor-
ated zinc or woven wire should then be
placed over the pot, to keep out tho mice
and birds, and allow the rain to enter. The
pots may rcmain out Of doors all the winter.
In March or April the young Plants will
make their appearance, the wire cover may
then be removed, and as soon as the young
plants have made six leaves they may either
bepOtted into single pots and planted out in
a rich border in May, or at once transplaated
from the seed pot to the border. They will,
II the soil be rich, each make a shoot flom
one TO two feet in length the following sea-
son this VII make graf or gratis, which
should be grated on strong stocks on tho
branches Of bearing trees, and in q few years
fruit may be expected.
The raising Of pears from seed may be
made much more interesting If the sorts from
which thcy are raised be known; for this
purpose only one kind should be sown in a
pot, and It's name placed with it. In very
few years they show their origin in their
leaves and shoots and seem to go in races.
! have at this moment number Of seedlings
raised from Ne plus Meurls; they nearly all
look alike; some of them have borne fruit
exactly like their parent; one or two, how
ever, much larger, but unfortunately they
ripened in October, and were not remarkably
good. Ihave also batch of seedlings from
Beurre d'Arcmberg; tksse, with ono or two
exceptions, are apparently Of the same race ;
ono Of them bore some fne fruit the past
season exactly like the Beurrc d'Arcmberg,
but they ripened on the trcc the first week
IN September, and were of the most delicious
flavor, 50 that If an early pear Of the same
flavor were wanted il would be an acquisition.
Seedlings from Passe colmar and Glout
Morceau retain their family likeness in their
habits very remarkably, and this will account
for many Of the now pears being so much
like our older varieties; there are some eight
or ten now pears of the Passe Colmar race
among our new sorts ripcning at ditioront
periods, and nearly as many Of the Glout
Moroccan tribe, among which Beurro Baohe.
lier seems harder than It's parent; Victoria
later, and 50 on. To me, aloyer of pears, Il
is most interesting to watch the development
Of character in seedlings, and Ibcg earnestly
to torccommcud he raising Of them in tho man
uer have directed, tO'thOse Of your read