New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Soon after the late Professor MApes pun
90 acre tract near Newark upon when ne PUN pun ~
rroctice his clear original and practical views
Of agriculture the author OF the Voiume DC
fore us migrated 10 this country and found
homo at the Names farm at first chore boy No
soon became foreman and manager Inc theorles VI
the laboratory we're by him tested in actual pracVee
on the farm The attention of both Professor anu
foreman was early drawn to pear culture as Sp1'l
business TO which the choicest acres ana 'no D'o'
methods of the farm should be devoted iouTs'
earnest and bopeful Mr.. Quinn believed that nc
cod master the secrets and overcome the dlincul-
t. which had discouraged older gardeners III thelr
otto,,p,s IN establish profitable orchard Inc DOCK
before lis is plain clear statement OF Tue ulihcuVeS
ne met which difficulties and backsets every poiho-
logical aspirant must expect to meet ana the uIec
tons NV which thrifty and shapely trees wel-loaded
bouphs large fair fruit and lucrative market may
be made certain ,,..,- NJ
Quinn in his preface and with the best results ne us
know first the character OF MS sotne DSE eTtnS
conditions, the best mode OF planting pruning io
INTO bearing and, finally, OF gathering and packing anu
the best OF marketing his fmt ih9 iUte hos 10 IN
dneed the author endeavor to draw for others the
same lessons which years of practical experience nave
afforded hun.
A glance at facts well known to our orchardists
and fruit dealers will convince any one that good
hook on the pear is needed If one tree In twenty
that has been set in the soil since 1850 had hVed ana
produced even moderately, Bartlett pears would
be as plentiful as Rhode Island greetings or black
berries An examination of the tables on page lOl
furnishes that which must make US pause If we in-
agine the pear to be growing more abundant OF
cheaper A barrel of choice Bartets. which III 1870
could be obtained for So brought $50 the year fol-
lowing and SIS last year The Seckel, most dehclons
of small pears, shows corresponding increase Inc
Louise Bonne de Jersey runs up on more moderate
grade The DHcheSSe shows q growing popularity.
mention of these four is enumeration OF the va
rieties which Mr.. Quinn has found best on his SOIL
and with his relations to the and the ocean
He cultivates the Summer Bell the BeurT6 Bose the
Beurr6 Diel, Beurre Clargeau Flemish Beauty VlI-
ealieu, Lawrence, Pound, and Vicar OF Wlnkheld.
But be warns the amateur against the ambition for
wide assortment and a long catalogue. Some eXper-
mental lines must be drawn. For instance, farmer
in Ohio cannot know except by trial or the expert
ence of his neighbOrs, whether the Duchesse VIII
grow well and fruit well with BIN.
Mr. Quinns book appeals forcibly TO our national
love of results and of wel-defned success He gives
the figures at each step in way that is surprisingly
definite. Instance the following passage:
There are greater inducements offered TO the producer
and the demand still exceeds the supply once or twice
very low and although at TIE time quite dscouragng
10 the producer, still such incidents to use common
plenty and cheap enough to be bought freely by a tne
especially pears When sold 1m SIC to $50 per barrel
luxury that only be INDUCED in by the weather.
classes But like the small fruits pears win eventually
6nd their way the homes OF the working classes II
the time should ever come that oHeha or ne amount
spent for alcoholic decootiOns should go for choice
fruit what difference there would be IN the homes OF
Wien a y6ung orchard comes into bearing-say 1--WE
a m se peT acre The trees at this stage require
strict attention may be inclined to oyer6ear oh
The fruit set should removed before atans the size
Of walnut If much fruit is permitted TO remain on
yOuag will take several years OF careful manage
TO repair the damage done When they are making
100 much Sod Ta S6ey Of are sam nES Srns 20 be
instituted TO change the habits o. the trees ,,, M,
be than 800 per acre. and there will be steady m
Fease IN SS en aSeS rs or when the re-
seps viii be at least from 5000 TO $500 per acre, and m
nom SO to so per barrel they the three
four years and this with brisk market II affords en-.
every produce the best specimens Of the vae.
hes that the market demands
Nurserymen who have catalogues like the moral
law will oriticse the eclecticism of Mr.. Quinn and
mention brilliant qualities in varieties which our
author has discarded But the public will be to
sustain Mr.. Quinn against the tree vendors. Most
cutivators would be glad to know the best six, but
are indifferent whether there sixteen sixty
six hundred pears known to the learned amateur
What Mr.. Quinn gives on this point is knowledge
of good, dear bought by knowing i'll y he has tried
this much praised variety and it does not fruit;
hatfamons French pear and it does not ripen
another, and the fruit stands cannot dispose of
them.
Our experience for the past fifteen years growing
pears for the NeWYerk market has caused reduction
In list OF fifty varieties to the following named sorts
all OF which succeed well and command the highest
market prices: Early-Bartlett, DOyenne BOussock
Yal-Dnchesse d'AngOulene, Beurre Clairgesu, secke
Winter -Beurre dAniou, Lawrence Vicar OF WINFIELD.
An Of these plant as standards except the Duchesse
We trees OF the Duchesse dAngouleme in
orchard than Of any other variety next in number the
Bartlett The others in about equal proportion II
confined TO plant but two varieties for profit would
choose these two named For four varieties would add
Beurre d'Anjou and Vicar OF WINFIELD; and for SIX. l
would include beside these four Lawrence and Doyenne
Boussock.
Am0te,r's Lit-summer vareties-BlOOdgood, Man.
nings Elizabeth DearborRs Seeding, Doyenne dEte,
aud Rostiezer Fail Neutrality-suspicious., Bartlett Belle
Lucrative, DOyenn6 BoussOck, Duchesse dAngOuleme,
Beurre Bose, Seckel and sheldon. Winter Varieties
Beurre DAMON, Danas Hovey Lawrence, Winter Nelis,
this list twenty approved varieties the amateur
may select enough to give him fine pears for table use
from July until March.
We doubt if there is anything in the book which
The public will like better than this clear positive
decision of the vexed question of varieties
As to the methods by which the author has made
himself by conspicuous success an accepted author.
ity in this branch of pOmology. we may say that
study of his book shows that pear culture is no ex-
oeption TO Vrgils remark about sharp, painstaking
labor the universal solvent of human difficulties
From the preparation of the soil for the young tree
through planting pruning manuring, mulching
gathering packing, to marketing see that
at no stage of growth, at season of the year on
detail of the process carelessness neglect
Dc allowed. Mr.. Quinn has surpassed other orchard
lists because he has brought vigorous common sense
and hOmely thrift into his orchard, and exercised