CONTENTS. 



P A II T I 



Prcppa-ation of the Soil — Dnviuing— Plowing and Cropping the Ground 

 — Trenching — Manuring— Digging Holes — Digging Trees — Soils for 

 Pears — Transporting. 



PART II. 



The Seedling — Planting Seed — Obtaining new Seedling Varieties — Hy- 

 bridizing — Leaf Blight of Seedlings — Propagation by Layers and 

 Cuttings — Quince Stocks — Cost of preparing Ground and Planting — 

 Manures for Xursery Stocks— Methods of Grafting — Budding. 



PART III. 



Selecting Pear Trees from Xurscry — Causes of the Failure of Xursery 

 Trees — Proper Age for Planting — Pruning and Root Pruning before 

 Planting — Replanting the Pear to form Fibrous Roots — Heeling in — 

 Treatment of Withered Tretni — Planting — Plan of arranging Pear 

 Grounds — Cultivation of the Pear Orchard — Mulching — Special 

 Manures for the Pear — Invigorating Old Trees — Grating Large 

 Trees. 



P ART IV. 



Office of the Quince-stock — Causes of the failure of the Pear on the 

 Quince — Advantage of the Quince Stock— Rules for Growing the 

 Pear on Quince — Double Working. 



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