Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-10
OCTOBER.

"N hat though the 1fult Tree rival not tHe
worth
Of Africanian products? Yet her freight
Is not coatemncd; yet her wide branching arms
Best screen thy mansion from the fervent day
Adverse 10 life, the wintry hurricanes
In vain employ their roar; her trunk unmoved
Breaks the strong onset, and controls their
rage.
Chiefly the Rox bury, whose large increase,
Annual, in sumptuous banquets claims ap-
plause.
Thrice acceptable beveragel could bnt ART
Subdue the floating lee, Pomona self
Would dread thy praise, and shun the dubious
strife" PHILIPS.
IF the apple is the fruit for the mil
lion, the pear is the fruit for the amateur.
If the one should be planted in large
orchards, tie other should find its
home in the garden and fruit yard about
the dwelling. There is reason for
the enthusiasm with which this fruit is
regarded by all pomologists, aside from
the profits which it yields to nursery
men and to those who grow it for mar
ket Though something called pears
were known to the ancients, the delicious
dessert fruit, now known by that name,
is a moder1 ''invention." We read of
pears in Virgil and Pliny, and other old
Roman writers. What the fruit was, is
readily inferred from the confession of
the latter author, call pears whatsoever
are but heavy meat, unless they are
we'll boiled or baked" 1t was not un-
til the seventeenth century, that pears
made much progress. What that pro-
gress is any one can decide, who tastes
grabbed perry and Seckel and COM
pares the juices. If the one gripes his
throat aud compels wry faces, the other
leaves behind an aromatic sweetness,
suggestive Of the food of the gods. A
fruit so capable of improvement in size
and quality, very naturally awakens the
enthusiasm of -orchardists
and amateurs. 1t unquestionably re-
quires more skill, at least in the older
States, to grow good pears, than good
apples. The latter will flourish with
little care after being once established.
The former, especially if dwaried upon
the ounce, must have good soil and
skilliul cultivation to make it reward
the planter. 1t pays abundantly for
generous feeding and skillful handling,
and perhaps it is owing in part to this
fact that it is the special pet of some Of
our distinguished pomolgists. 1t her
aids the fame of the fruit grower, and a
man becomes distinguished according
to the number of varieties and the size
of the specimens of this fruit which he
exhibits at the fairs, as in the olden
time he became famous according as he
lifted up the ak against the thick trees
of the wood ree-slaying has become
infamous, and he that would shine in
fairs in modern times, must not only
know how to select, but how to plant
and prune, and feed pear trees.
The rarencss of fine varieties Of this
fruit has made it an object of special de-
sire to the cultivated and refined 1t is
somewhat a badge Of social distinction,
like diamonds and rare wines. Not one
family in thousand in this land Of
plenty has ever had dish of this fruit
at its best estate served for dessert
Virgalieus and Seckels are even rarel
than wine, though our nurseries have
sent forth trees by the thousand and
tens of thousands, for the last score OF
years. Every genteel family living
permanently in the country, or residing
there for the Summer, plants dwarf and
standard pears of approved varieties
Madam covets the fruit dish loaded with
Bartletts, or Flemish Beauties, as she
would splendid silver for her table
The silver is much more common a
dinner than fine pears. 1t is a socia
triumph when our dwarfs are success
and the pets of the fruit yard furnish {
supply of melting pears for Summer
guests.
Whatever the cause, the pear has ;
popularity beyond any other of the