The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-04

bly, there are more of this variety
planted than CT any half dozen 9th
er varieties, bat 1 am done with it
fer it blights too badly. I have
more than a hundred in bearing
aud have not sound one left.
don't think you can get Bartlett
to live twenty years.
Flemish Beauty when grown in
its highest perfection is the finest
in color and style of any pear
ever saw, but it has serious draw.
backs The tree blights badly and
often sheds its foliage prematurely,
and the fruit often cracks, scabs
and rusts, so it is not fit for use.
will plant no more of this kind.
Louise Bonnie de Jersey is said to
grow better as dwarf than on its
own roots. 1 have it only as 8
dwarf, and it is no account. 1 had
twenty five trees in my garden and
they are all dead. The tree is
W rthless, and the fruit is but lit
tie better than q "choke" pear
Don't plant it.
Beurre D'ADjOu is good in tree
and in fruit, and l place it next to
seckel. 1t seldom blights, and
the fruit is large and of best quality
and ripens in the fall If you have
room for only two trees plant one
of the Beurre D'Anjou.
Lawrence is a good medium sized
pear and ripens late in the fall
with me. / would place this as
third on the list. 1t don't blight
very badly and is a first class pear.
Clapp's favorite is too much of a
favorite of the blight to be worth
planting. The fruit is large and
Of good quality and rets at the core
as soon as ripe. Never will plant
another one.
Beurre Clairgau makes a fine
tree and fine fruit, but blighte too
much to be planted extensively.
Don't invest too much in it.
Bloodgood is an early good pear,
not large, but of fine quality. The
tree is healthy. This will do to
plant.
q Buffum makes q beautiful up
right tree. The fruit is medium
small, pretty color, and fair quail
ity, and handles we'll. The tree
blights too badly to be recon-
mended.
Doyenne Boussock will do to
plant. The fruit is first rate in
quality and of good size, but the
tree is only tolerable,
Doynne D'Ete is smsll in fruit
and very early in ripening and the
quality is poor. The tree blights
badly and is not worth planting.
White Doyenne is fruit of first
quality, and beautiful in color and
form, but not large. The tree is
only tolerbly heaithyj where an as
sortment is planted this should be
included.
Grey Doyenne resembles the
White, in tree, and the fruit is sin=
liar, except in color, but l prefer
the White.
Duchesse of Orleans is a small
rather late pear of good quality
and tolerably good tree. l don't
think highly of it.
Duchesse D'AngouIeme is abgut
the healtniest of sll pears. The
tree has never blighted for me. 1t
does well both as dEarf and stand
ard. The fruit'ssis large and rough
and not OF first quality, but would
recommend it.
3 Glout Moroccan is a late fall or
winter pear and blights SO badly as
to be worthless.
Howell is good enough to plant.
The fruit is good and beautiful, and
the tree is tolera5ly healthy. As a
dwarf it overbears. for me, but dees
better as a standard.
Madeiaine is early and good in
fruit and tree. The fruit is fair
size and good fer market. Don't
plant too many.
Onondaga makes poor tree and
blights besides. Shall plant no
more.
Rostiezer make an ugly tree and
little ugly fruit, but as sweet as
sugar. The tree blights very bad
ly and you can do better than to
plant it.
Tyson is a medium sized pear OF
first rate quality and makes beau
tiful healthy tree. The tree blights
some but not badly. would give
this fourth on the list.
Vicar of Wakefield is what is
called a winter pear. 1t overbears,
blights 10 death and he fruit is not
fit to eat,
Winter Ne Ills makes a rough
growing, healthy tree; the fruit me
dunn size and Of the best quality.
1t is late fall or winter pear. 1t
sill do to plant.
LeConte is new, and wonderful
things have been said about it,
which must be taken with 3 large
proportion of salt and pepper. /
have as many planted at present as
l want.
Keifer. This is of the same
piece as the last, and is said to be
the worst Of the two. am done
planting it.
There are hundreds of other vari
cites of pears offered by dealers, but
doubtless more of them are better,
and many are worse than those I
have named.
For any future planting, may
make, 1 shall only use, Seckel,
Beurre D'Anjou. Bloodgood. Ouch
esse A'Angouleme, Lawrene, Tyson
and Winter Nellis.
MY experience is that pears do
better as standard than dwarfs, but
for town and city gardens, where
land is an object, dwarfs are to be
tolerated. Pears should be well
cultivated for the first four or five
years and then put to grass or
clover.
have given you my experience
with pears and it has cost me not q
few dollars. Take it for what it Is
worth. With other soils and loca-