Many kinds of pears do well, but, unfortunately, this fine fruit is very
liable to be attacked by fruit fly. It does well generally in the
districts that I have mentioned as suitable for the apple, plum, and
apricot. The tree is healthy, grows rapidly and to a large size. It
comes into bearing remarkably early as compared with the pear in colder
climates, and produces excellent fruit. I have grown as good Bartletts
here as could be obtained anywhere, and the trees have proved to be good
bearers and doers. This fruit does best on deep soils of a medium to
strong loamy nature, and of good quality, though it does well in much
freer soils, but does not make as good a growth or bear as heavily. It
is usually grown on seedling-pear stocks, but the growing of suitable
varieties on quince stocks and keeping the resultant trees dwarfed is to
be recommended. This method of growing the pear does well here, and
dwarf trees can be easily protected from fly, whereas it is practically
impossible to deal with big trees, which the pear becomes when grown on
pear roots.