The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-04-30

DCst pear 10 grow us IL sihhu"Iu III ny
section has been somewhat weakened by
a disease that has attacked the fruit the :
last few years. The fruit some years is
covered with dark mouldy specks. These
spccks appear when the fruit is scarcely
one fourth grown, 1t prevents the fruit
from growing to its full size, aud it does
not have its usual color or quality. L
have tried to ascertain the cause of this
disease, but thus far have not been able
to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion.
The Flemish Beauty is certainly one oil
our best pears. Tho tree is perfectly
hardy, luxuriaut in growth, bears carly
and abundautly. If the fruit proves
worthless one year in three, | would still
plant of this variety. know Of no va
riety more hardy, which is very impor-
tant for our State. The Bartlett pear
rponirg as it docs just before our tall
pears, its size, beauty, excellence and
productivencss, make it y valuable yarie-
ty. Where it can be grown it has no
competitor as an early fall fruit. The
Bartlett, unlike the Flemish Beauty, is |
very tender 1t grows vigorously for
two or three years, and is almost certain
to BE- attacked with the blight before
coming into bearing.
have purchased of nurscrymen at diff
ferent times thirty trees, and not one lived
to exceed three years from setting. Out
of all the Bartlett pear trees set in this
state, trees where the fruit was changed
at the roots, do not believe two per
cent have reached their fifth year. |
raise the Bartlett pear successfully, but
: only on trees raised myself, and where
the fruit was changed in the top. The
blight almost invariably attacks the stem
> of the young Bartlett tree, If the stem
and lower part of the main branches are
of some common, hardy stock they will
succeed. have succeeded 10y double
working the Bartlett on the Flemish
: Beauty tree. The tree is productive.
Q This fruit unlike that grown in many
;. sections Of our, country, on my soil never
II cracks. These three varieties, the Flem-
&c ish Beauty Bartlett and White Doyenne,
: are the pears would raise for market,
:, and no other on standard trees The
u Madeleine for its extreme earliness, the
G. Socket for its spicy, honied favor the
g. Bergamont for its rich, melting, sugary
- favor, and many others that might be
% named are desirable varieties discerning
70 amateurs will be enabled to select a vari
Is ETY. Of hardy pears ripcning in succession
\, from the middle Of August until mid win
u ter.
&c In 1861 | set - dwarf trees, select
Il ing from the list recommended by Barry
w | selected 20 Louise Bonnie dc Jersey, |!
"a Duchess d'Angoulc me, 10 White Doyen
c, ne, i each Of the Flemish Beauty an'
ia Vicar Of Winfield; Of other varieties
81 one and two trees each in all - varie
u ties. | will not take time to mention tn
ie defects Of those that DO not succeed NOR
nc than onc-half Of them are failure cithe
as in hardness or quality Of fruit. TIL
nc Louise Bonnie has proved a success be
III You'd my expectation. This tree is per
" iectly hardy, very productive, fruit larg
Oh and Of excellent quality. At the rat
a. a. these trees have produced since the fift
W year from planting, and at the price tn
It. fruit has brought, an acre Of this yariet
Wy would bring not less than one thousan
W. yearly. For market | would set no oil
&C. er variety. | have heard it said tn;
. this variety on the ounce root "woul
,n- never root from the pear One out
ieS my twenty trees has thoroughly roott
lnc from the pear stock The fruit on tn
CIV tree is quite inferior in size and quality
US would not bring one-half price in al
ere market. The Duchess has been prof
'ne able dwarf pear, in many localities whe
ees the climate is little milder than oul
my My trees Of this variety make rap
~ growth yearly but fail to ripen the
!, U'o wood sufficiently to withstand our wi
n ters, are not productive, quality of fri
,ins third rate. White Doyenne is better
ncn the pear root. My Flemish Beaut
l ln1 have, every one Of them rooted strong
anu from the pear stock. have rcmov
~. so' the lower limbs and changed them
'ne standards in all respect, but lost not 1t
IVY than three years by their being fiji
et dwarf5. Beurre Diel, Bcurre Langel
~ and Belle Lucrative, have done very W
lon' as dwarfs.
yers
rth PRUNING
yer Standard pear trees need but lit
cots pruning except when young. VIII
ton the tree has been removed prunc off t
, no branches in proportion to the loss of roo
per Nearly all, after pruning, will be j.
ver- sufficient to give shape and form to
If tree when young. The sap Of the pc
'ev- tree flows most freely and readily to
it is upper branches, giving them vigor q
nor. nprightness, to the checking of the grow
ois. OF the lower limbs. We must head ba
,een and check the leading shoots to presel
ture the development Of the lower branches
- | give sufficient breadth Of base to the tt
first Dwarf trees require more and in so
ture respects different pruning. One of
A most successful cultivators os the DIV
rom pear, L. G.. Yeomans, of Walworth,
e as T., has said that "thc indispensable
'ota- quisite to SUCCESS was through prunin
cd | Ny observation confirms the statemen
first Yeomans. Dwarf trees should be ira
planted when two years old. The 10,
branches should be allowed to form
and nvramidol form A. tho aroatost &,
on 1 of sap will flow to the upright branc
oou' they need to be cut bacl, most. Tn
gam you check the flow of say to the up
trees branches and induce it to flow more To-
u c bly, TO the lower side branches, W.
loIe' young, you can never after develop
VINO lower branches.
Q MS In pruning to keep the symmetry
'hla, the tree perfect, if the side branches
!; anu too horizontal if too upright, lower
10 o. left side direction is given in the Sc