APPENDIX 



THE PROPAGATION OF THE PEAR 



It is not proposed to enter into elaborate details with 

 reference to the propagation of the pear, for the general 

 cultivator is far more concerned with and interested in 

 its successful treatment when established than before, 

 for he can now obtain prepared trees so readily and 

 cheaply from nurserymen, who propagate them by the 

 thousand, that it is not at all worth his while to attempt 

 their propagation himself. 



Pear trees are propagated either by budding or 

 grafting. The first mentioned process is performed 

 during July and August, and grafting is done in the 

 month of March. 



Budding consists in removing a bud from one tree 

 and inserting it under the bark of the stock or branch of 

 another tree. This work is done in the months of July 

 and August, because the bark is during that time more 

 easily raised, and a union more easily effected between 

 the cambium (an inner growing layer) of both bud and 

 stock. The buds inserted are taken from the current 

 year's shoots, choosing shoots that are firm and short- 

 jointed. After having removed a shoot, say nine or ten 

 inches long, and cut the leaves to half their lengths, 

 next proceed to cut out a bud. This is done by in- 



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