Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-09-15

Shenh., Annas D'Ete Full sarietits,
Belle Lucrative, Louise Bonnie de Jerseys
HomeU, Edmunds, Beurre D'Anjou, Des
Nonnes Beurre Diel Doyenne Boussoc,
Duchuss D'Angoulenae F; Winter uorietes,
Bemre Easter, Ficar of Winzsfeld or lie
Cure, Winter Nels and Doyenne D'Alen-
con, those in italics we consider the best.
Many of the fall varieties keep well until
middle and last of January. among these
are Beurre D'Anjou Beurre Diel, and
Duchess D'Angouleme. For market
varieties, we would suggest the following
selection, Sun,n,er-Clapp's Favorite (the
best) Ozbans Summer and Hozen Shenk !;
Fall, Duchess D'Angouleme, Beurre d.
ANTON (two best Louise Bonnie de Jersy,
Belle Lucrative Deyenne Boussoc and
Howell; Winter Vicar of WINFIELD (best)
Beurre Easter and winter Nelis. The
Duchuss D'Bondeaux, Splendid winter
keeper, the best ever grown in America,
imported from Franco by DR.. J. Skillen
Hongton of Philadelphia, Penn. will soon
be ready for dissemination Messrs Smith,
Clark and Powell of the Syracuse, and
Ellwanger aid Barry of the Rochester
Nurseries have it in hand and will be
ready to deliver iathe fall of 1871. Now
that we have endeavored as briefly as pos
sible. to give some of the most Important
details of Dwarf Pear culture, we will
proceed to test the question. ",oW 1t pay?'
If planted 10x10 we have 436 to the acre,
if 12x12 we have 302. but planting. as
we have recommended, 10x12, we have
about $50 to the acre we have seen three
lots of trees purchased from the ''Syracuse
Nurseries" in the fall of 1S60-those of
Mr.. VIM. Fletcher, near Upperville'
Fauquier County, averaged about tco
bushels, those of DR.. Dorsey, near Front
Royal Va, bore last Season about three
bushels to the tree, and those of DR..
MuGuire at Oak Hill, Fauquier County
about one and half bushels, so we conclude
that an average bearing Of well grown
trees would certainly be one and half
bushels It is not uncommon for good
two year old trees to bear, the third Sum
mer after planting, as many as two and
even three dozen pears, of course, increas
ing in quantity very rapidly each year
thereafter to the prices obtained Eve
would mention few sales coming under
our observation in the Sum ner of 1868,
Mrs. Weir, at Norfolk Va, was offered
by Northern fruit dealer SO, 900 for
her crop of eight acres of Dwarf Pears as
they stood on the trees. She declined the
offer and realized large sum last season
Clapp's Favorite brought over t,ceaty cents
per pound the entire season, by the guam
tity. many of the fall and winter varieties
selling equally as high: Fifty-six pounds
Of green pears are allowed to the bushel-
MIR. Z. X. Jenkins of the firm of Jen-
kins and Ruttleedge. cor Pratt and Fred
erick Streets, Baltimore, is now nego-
tiating for the young crop of Dwarf Pears,
we saw him in Warren this Summer he
is offering s. per buslel for them, without
reference to variety, delivered at any R.
L. Depot. Mr.. Bacon Of Roxbury,
Mass, has many varities for which he
readily obtains from $3.50 to $500 per
dozen, (See Report of Dept: agriculture
for 1868 folio 357 1--WE give the foregoing
facts and allow those who may wish to
make their own calculations and draw
their own Observation-Disclosures are facts
with hat in hand, making our most pro-
found sulans and thanking you for your
already overtaxed patience, we are yours
and the peoples most obedient servant.
"FAIRFAX."
NARROW PASSAGE,
Shenandoah Co., Va, Aug, 26, 1870.