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Show Pear Orowlntj Becoming Important. Granting to the apple tho dominant place among fruits of Its class, the I ear Is rarldl forging to the front as second In the race and before another feneration has passed will I believe, be contending for favors In nil the markets mar-kets ot the world Since the Introduction Introduc-tion of the Oriental pears In thin coun-tr) coun-tr) no fruit has made so rapid advancement advance-ment Where u few eurs ago the pear wns practhall) unknown It Is now being be-ing planted cm a luri,e scale Parttcu Inrl) Is this true of thut most remarkable remark-able or rrults of recent Introduction kleffers Il)brld What the Llberta Is to the leach (.rower the lien Dah to the u pie Mower that unl moic, too, la the KlelTer pear tlcstlnwl to become to the pear orchautlst In substantlatlnc. the foregoing clnltn I would quote as follows from u Delaware Dela-ware report Ihe Kleffer peur Is tho most poiular and Imrortint single va-rlet) va-rlet) of rrult on tho peninsula There were neail) 20 000 trees In Delaware In tho spring ot 1JS since when the number num-ber has Inci eased enormousl) Most of them are in solid blocks, but a few growers are Interi Inntlng Carber nnd 1 t'onte Further rrom the Department Depart-ment ot Agrlcultuic )car book we have the following The large crop uf Klef-fnrs Klef-fnrs which Is now getting tn be such an Import int factor lu the penr niniket of i:imtern cities is ver) largclv luken up by the canneries, especlall) in llultl-more llultl-more und trade In tommerclil HI Iter I ears Is ver) rapidly increanlng The price is often ns low as i und -U cents a half bushel basket and U and -m cents I considered a good price At this pi lee Merrer pear growing Is Immenstl) piolltable Thin can be tetdlly understood under-stood when we lenllzc that the )leld Is often more than ll baskets ter nue Many straws give indie Ulon of the oommeiclal Imtortuuce of the par New Jeree) experiment st itton says An evidence that commercial pear culture cul-ture Is of recent elate is foun 1 In the leport of the committee awarding the prizes oifeied by the State Agilrultui il sotlet) for the best faun products in-c in-c luting vegetables and fruits The area pi escribed fot stuwbeirles and opples was one acre grupes a quarter or an acre and pear ilso a qunitei of an acre Had this fiult been lart,el) grown, the rondltlona would have it-qulred it-qulred a treuter rou than that given Ihls report wns made In IS86 At pres. ent tlurs la In the btute appioxlmatel) M80 acres devoted to commeielal near-Mowlng near-Mowlng K W Pletcher of th Washington Agricultural college writes Trial ship-ments ship-ments of our ieuis to Asiatic markets wete ver successful unci we look for furthet development In this dliecllon and in Alaska might deduct runner evidence Horn tellable sources a to the value of our pear crop but the rotegolng 1 sufficient to convince thoughtful men tint the pear Is a good ii1.? ih "a'0" - II Dushwaj Before Texas Parmers Congtess |