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Show Wisconsin Pear Region. W. J. Moyle: On the west shores of Lake Michigan, extending the en-' tire length of the state, is a belt of land reaching from ten to twenty miles inland, where the pear seems to thrive equally well with the apple. The high, rolling lands of eastern Racine county can be classed among them. In traveling up and down this territory one will come across many small orchards and individual trees that have paid the planter well for the ground they have occupied. Surprising Surpris-ing as it may seem, nevertheless it is true, thatwith fifteen years' experience experi-ence in growing the pear I have found it as hardy in the tree and fruit buds as our best apples, for during the severe winters that we have recently passed through, when fruit trees of all descriptions were killed, my pear trees pulled through and gave me a fair crop of fruit every season, a very valuable 'eature with the pear, as after the trees once begin to bear you can hlways expect some fruit every season; at least this has been my experience. |