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be more freely produced, the fruit- spurs will be distributed 

 evenly over all the lower parts of the tree as well as the 

 top, and the tree will be kept in a dwarf habit. These 

 results may not be obtained if too little wood is removed. 

 Each year's growth, if vigorous, should be cut back at 



203. A Duchess dwarf 

 pear, four years set. 



204. The tree 

 pruned. 



least one -half or two -thirds, and generally more may be 

 removed with perfect safety. Occasionally, dwarf trees 

 will be found in which the natural vigor of the cion seems 

 to have stimulated an undue growth of roots, so that the 

 tree, instead of remaining small, increases rapidly in size, 

 and soon it bears little resemblance to the plants fre- 



