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Journal op the Department of Agriculture. 



Most varieties of pears are easy to prune when the foundation has 

 been correctly formed. As the trees develop into the fruiting^ stage 

 it will be noticed that comparatively little new long- wood is thrown 

 ont. except, perhaps, on the leaders or where a good-sized limb has 



Fig. 17.— Pear "Bon Chretien.'" 



been severed. The natural tendency is to form fruit spurs, so when 

 a grower prunes his trees the major portion of the work consists in 

 reducing the number and shortening the leaders and thinning out 



