The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-02-24

IGOR THE pREss.l


Mn EprToR II wish to avail myself of your
columns to take some exceptions to an article
from your Sand Brook correspondent, on the
cultivation of Pears on Ounce Stock" He
regrets that adverse statements to this branch of
Horticulture should be published in our news
papers Iregret that such culture should be
advocated, at least in these regions, save only
as "Pets."
It is said that misery loves company" and
if this was was universally true, would advo-
cate the culture of the Dwarf Pear. Completely
carried away with the beauties of the Dwarf
Pear as portrayed in such glowing cOlors-some
four years since-obtained a few of these prom
Using specimens planted them carefully inmy
garden and have carefully nursed them; and
have gathered just two pears in the four years.
They were two years old when planted, and as
they begin to produce fruit when three years
old, they should have been producing these three
years And if at eight or ten years of age &C
cordng to this gentleman, they will average
bushel each tree, should certainly have received
more than one fourth of one quart. Surprising
that there was something wrong in the stock;
in the fall of $50 sent to one of the most reli-
able nurseries in the Union and obtained couple
more, three years old for which paid an ex-
ira price; from these two trees / have grown
just one pear.
Last Spring planted from another nursery,
eight more of these little fellows as, do not like
to fall if success is possible and think | can
do in this line as much as any else under like
circumstances I mean to succeed. | intend
to grow fine dwarf pears. Moreover I would
like every one that has garden, and has taste
and patience to give them careful cultivation, to
plant few dwarf pear trees They afford
relief to the eye, and if they grow as Ihave seen
them in some instances, they are certainly very
pretty But as to planting an orchard with
them, don't you do it. Plant pear trees by all
means, but get those worked on pear bottoms.
If they do not come into bearing as soon as the
dwarf, they will produce far more when they do
begin, and will live much longer. have watch
ed these "pets " in our section very carefully,
and have read every article that I could get hold
of treating on this subject, and have been forced
to the conclusion that in this part of the country,
the culture of the dwarf pear won't pay" In
the neighborhood of Boston, and in some parts
of New York and Connecticut, they succeed most
admirably, but so far as | know in New Jersey,
success is the exception failure the rule.
Properly treated by judicious pruning and
pinching, the pear bottomed tree can be trained
into such shape and size as to occupy but little
more room than the dwarf and when your tree
gets nearly as large as you WISH say at the age
of FIVE or six years, you can by pruning the roots
check the growth, and force it into fruitfuIness;
when it will be worth five times as much as the
dwarf commenced planting this kind of tree
in my garden last fall, with such treatment in
view; and shall plant few more this Spring.
In giving expression to these views on the
Dwarf Pear, do not mean to assert that / am
right, and Sand Brook is wrong, but think
that the public should have peep at both
sides
L. j.