Whatever may be said of the pear as a profitable or unpro. fitable fruit for market, there is no doubt that it is one of the most reliable of all for family use. No tree takes care of itself so well. No class of fruits bear so regularly as the pear. This is the universal experience, and from time to time our exchanges furnish remarkable evidences of the truth of this. A recent issue of a Macon, Georgia, paper says:

" There is a pear tree in Montgomery County 87 years old, which has not failed to bear a crop of fruit in over 80 years. The tree was set out by Stafford Davis in 1798. The fruit resembles the sand pear in shape and flavor. The tree is six feet in circumference".