This much controverted question seems to have little chance of being settled in the present general state of deficient and rough cultivation. All that the author of these remarks has seen of pear culture in the United States, satisfies him entirely, that this valuable fruit must succeed here far better than in Europe, under good cultivation, and by a judicious selection of such varieties, foreign and native, as experience has shown us are fitted to our climate and soil.

But if some understand by "cultivation" the mere planting of a fruit tree, in holes as small as cigar boxes, in any soil or condition, and of any variety, certainly the cultivation of the pear cannot and will not succeed) any more than melon or lima bean culture would succeed in all kinds of soil, among weeds and brushwood.

But if a judicious selection of varieties, adapted to your soil, aspect, and climate; if the good management of your grounds, the healthy stocks, and a little care in pruning and cleaning will not make your pear trees grow, you may safely conclude, that the cultivation of any other fine product of nature and art combined stands no better chance; and that there is an unaccountable something, either in the soil, subsoil, or climate. Thus far I have not seen in the States any unsuccessful cultivation of the pear, at least wherever it has been undertaken with as much skill and judgment as is required to raise asparagus, celery, nay, potatoes and corn.

In every latitude, from Maine to Georgia, fine native fruits have originated from chance seedlings ; we have the Raymond of Maine, the Dix, and a score of other pears in Massachusetts ; the Buffum in Rhode Island, the Lawrence in Long Island, with many valuable varieties in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, which all prove the perfect adaptedness of the pear tree to our soil and climate, many being superior in standard qualities, such as growth and delicacy of the fruit, to most foreign varieties ; such are the Sheldon, Lawrence, Brandywine, Kingsessing, Seckel, the noble Buffum, the Howell, the Philadelphia, and many others.

When we see so many peach orchards destroyed by neglect after four or five years of prolific bearing, reduced to nothing by the absence of all care, pruning, or attention to insects and diseases, shall we conclude that "peaches don't succeed!" It may be true, that the peach tree is generally more hardy, at least for a short period of its existence, than the finest varieties of the pear ; it can bear weeds and neglect for a time, but no fruit tree can last long under such circumstances. Those who have seen the pear tree in all its splendor, in such experimental grounds as the Hon. Mr. Wilder's, Ellwanger and Barry's, Mr. Cushing's, Mr. Buist's, William Reid's, Hovey's, and many other careful cultivators ; those who have seen these noble pyramids yield, year after year, their golden and crimson treasures, "tempting to the view," and luscious beyond all other fruits, must feel convinced, that under good management, the pear is one of the surest crops we can depend upon; perhaps more sure than the apple and the cherry, and at anyrate more so than the peach, the plum, and the grape, in the Northern and Middle States.

And if the cultivation of the pear, that "queen of the gardens," required double care and expense, the amateur of good and lasting fruit would not give it up; but happily for him and for the future supply of the markets, it is not so. The pear tree is less subject to diseases, &., arising from insects or climatic influences, taken altogether, than the peach, the plum, and even the apple. With a judicious selection of varieties, adapted to your soil and latitude, grafted on the most suitable stock, with such ordinary care as a gardener Bestows on the planting of a rose or a cabbage, with the cleaning, weeding, and mulching bestowed on a green-house plant or a favorite flower, success is certain; and perhaps more certain than with any other fruit, as pear trees will bear, year after year, without giving out, or wasting their vigor.

If, to all those advantages, we add the great facility of giving any size or form to the bearing tree, its fitness to fill either a small or a large spot, to admit of its shrubby, pyramidal, or wide-spread form, we could scarcely wish for a better product. The writer has seen in Massachusetts, in Rhode Island, and about Philadelphia, handsome, vigorous pear trees, not only natives, but such varieties as require the protection of a wall in England, in part of France and Belgium. He could name some grounds, such as Clover-hill, for instance, where the Seckel and the Virgalieu grow, in their full vigor, in the midst of grass plots, places where the hardiest European variety would not succeed in its native soil- Such a soil, such a climate must be fitted for the pear tree, and a little care and attentive culture would soon put an end to all doubts and dissenting opinions on this interesting topic.

[Our valued correspondent knows what he says; he is a devoted lover of all horticultural subjects, but especially has he studied the pear at home and abroad. - Ed].