Smyrna times., 1890-01-08
The LeConte Pear

a new pear is just now eppaoinp tho
attention of Orchardists. p Emerson
OF wyoming, in private note ON neor
culture thus refers to it in connection
with others, which we take the Gbert,,
to publish. He SAYS; y
have confidence vet that with ,o,,,
cooperation, land owners may be en-
c0urageo (when fully comprehensive
OF their inheritance, viz: the adaptabil-
lty OF this soil and climate to the Droiit.
aOle growing of peaches, pears and early
apPlesl to make the utmost of the
acquaintance we have made with so
many large fruit dealers by not only
supplying them with peaches but neors
also. Our fruit industry, in nv iudg.
ment, should receive at 71resenf tbe
serious thought of every land owner
IOI upon 1t our greatest financial inter
est and salvation depends. Thos. w
wilson, II Dover, who has one of the
1nest grain and stock farms in Little
creek Neck, the fertility of the soil 7
cont thlnk can be excelled in that
hundred, made the expression to me a
lew Gays ago, lit was of course ex-
Iremely conservative but shows what
llttle encouragement we have in oroinl
Il would not give fifteen cents ner acre
Tor land to grow grain" His father
was very careful, practical and nrn.
dent farmer, and have heard him Gov
tnat these farms did not pay much
ABOVE TWO per cent, and he was thor
Onghiy able to stock and manage them.
l an so thoroughly convinced of the
advantages of using the lie COnte stock
as foundation to bud and graft uDon
(having grown and fruited pears upon
sald stock and finding such an improve
ment IN the vitality and vigor ofgrowtb)
the foliage instead of dropping off
before the fruit is ripe or even made
us tull growth las it does when budded
or grated upon the French roots or |
French pear seedlings, holds and stavs |
on sufficiently long to protect fruit and |
having much, more life it resists tho |
slug and fungi to a marked degree 7 |
have offered and sold almost excIusivelv !
Ior the past two years trees upon lie |
Comic stock, and l have called the
attention OF quite a number of fruit
growers to my trees upon said roots
when IN bearing) that thew have also
been SO favOrably impressed with the
Improvement that can't sell them anv
thing else. My Le Conte near trees
grown upon their own roots. produce
pears so much larger and in every way
hner tnan those trees budded or grated
upon French seedlings or stock or COM
mon peS8 stocks and hold their foliage
after they were sered and yellowed with
irosts and also so completely resisted the
elects OF slug and fungi this, the worst
season ! ever witnessed upon foliage of
All Kinds has also increased our convic-
IONS TO such a degree that we would
not nave pear tree on French or com
non pear stock az gift if we could buv
mem on lie Conte stocks at anv reason
iOIe price. l herewith enclose Won n
reatlse on pears and pear trees for
iOur further consideration and will
tate that / have invested This fail
.Dout $1,000 in pear trees budded and
grated upon LIE COnte roots. Tf Won
Ire out to Clayton soon would like Won
o get VIM. G. Hill to show vou samnIe
II trees upon this root and then com
pare them with pear trees on French
'oots aud think that will settle the
aatter with you. We have been bud-
ing, grating and crossing continu-
usiy Tor century in this one strain
r family of European pears that thew
0 visibly show signs of weakness in
igor and vitality sufficiently to scare
nd discourage the planting of same. !
When l started in the nursery bnsi- /
ess l had imported from France sew. |
raj thousand Of French pear seedlings
planted these in nursery, mulched
lem heavily with well rotted mannre
nd also used bone literally and the
rst year budded them / conld not
et more than 207 of them 10 keen fbe
lus alive. They would loose their
aves about the properle at on IL hnd
hch of course SHOW csses ssa PFSs 70 -. es sss
AdviNst "