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gardexi:n"g for pleasure. 



(For descriptions, see nursery catalogueG,) Baldwin, 

 Gravenstein, Khode Island Greening, King of Tompkins 







Fig. lOi. — FALL PIPPIN APPLE. 



Connty, Maiden's Blush, Esopus Spitzenberg, Early Har- 

 vest, Northern Spy, Porter, and Fall Pippin (figure 104). 



PEARS. 



Like Apples, Pears are grown as dwarfs and standards; 

 the former being planted from eight to ten feet apart, the 

 latter from ten to fifteen feet. The dwarfs, budded on 

 the quince stock, are mostly used for garden culture, as, 

 from their habit, they are more suitable, besides having 

 the invaluable quality of coming quicker into bearing. 

 Time was when the adage went, ^' He that plants Pears, 



