The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-20

whatwe ate in good large family, and
preserved, says DIR. b. t.. Fdssmore in
Farm and Ranch. The trees are about
twenty feet high, and have never been
pruned or cultivated. They are the
wonder and admiration of all beholders,
being loaded with fruit of large size, 50 as
to require props around the entire tree 10
prevent breaking and splitting of limbs,
presenting, as an observer said, the APP
pearance of a banyan tree. The fruit has
been extra large and fine in appearance,
as well as in edible excellence. Many
specimens taken from the trees, without
special selection, weigh from - to 1916
of a pound, All the fruit sold was
disposed Of on the promises, princi-
pally to negroes, and they were
ravenOus for them, and would have
bought quantities more if obtainabe.
Formerly we have given them away, and
did early this season, but the demand,
and begging far and near became intoler-
able and now we will sell in future. The
pear eats well in the green state after
maturity, before being mellowed, some
preferring it in that state 1t is hard as
long as left on the tree, on which it will
hang until the last of October, some fine
specimens being now on one tree (but
dropping left to see how long they would
remain. Taken from the tree early in
October, wrapped in paper and laid away
for several weeks, they become fine
favored, melting and juicy, being edible
to the very seed The fruit is not uniform
in shape or appearance, some shaped like
the Bartlett (being a hybrid Of this and
the Chinese Sand pear, some nearly
round, some pyrifOrm, and some have a
slick bronze-appearingb band around them.
Some specimens carried TO the worlds
fair by members Of my family (but not
on exhibition were said by observers
n n cepd nv
from California. The Kieffer pear
comes at a time when all fruit in this sec
ton is scarce and will always sell well,
and will bear transportation well before
being mellowed. If it could be shipped
to market aud mellOwed there before pc
ing sold, it would bring from 10 to 20 cents
apiece We sold them cents here at
home and not the finest. The mcllOwed
fruit, although extremely juicy (the juice
pouring from it when peeled), is more
acid than the Bartlett which is sub-acid
and sweet. There has not been the least
evidence of blight in any Of them, or Du-
chess, LeConte, Bartlett, or Seckel sew
entecn in number and standing about tf-
teen feet apart in the same yard, and un-
der same conditions, many Of which are
ten or twelve years old. The Duchess
failed to fruit fully, being killed by frost,
though blooming after keitfer and La
Conte The Bartlett bore tolerably well,
and the LeConte heavily this season.
None of my trees are pruned at all but
left to natural growth, and have never had
Il plOw in them. and are surrounded by a
heavy sward of grass All was literally
covered with blooms in the spring and
have fruited well since coming into bear
ing. which fruitfulness, since reading +.
j. Peers article in your issue of Oct 2lst,
/ attribute TO matured wood, obtained by
not pruning to create sappy branches,
and continued rapid growth, resulting
from cultivation. / am a great believer
in nature in all things.
The hight of the trees is Objectionable
in gathering fruit, and when it falls gets
badly bruised and the limbs being long
on the Keiffer, and not 50 upright as the
LeConte, become badly bent, and will
have TO be pruned, l presume or still
propped when full of fruit. No other
trees needed supports. We left all the
fruit on the trees, never thinning, and
had no fruit smaller than a goose egg,
and extremely few so small. We have
about two bushels of fine, mellow fruit
wrapped in paper and will test the
length Of time it will keep. The ground
adjacent to the trees was some years top
dressed with salt brine and ashes, but
not for several years past. The Duchess
and Bartlett are my favorites, but some
of my family prefer the LeCOnte to all
others. 1t is good fruit, preferable, l