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spring pruning, in order to destroy the insects in their larva 

 state. 



MANAGEMENT OF DWARF PEAR-TREES. 



The two illustrations of dwarf pear trees-shown under this 

 head will furnish a fair idea of the manner of training dwarf- 

 trees. The short lines will show where the branches must be 

 shortened, or cut off, during the successive years. The knife 

 must be employed freely in order to produce a beautiful dwarf- 

 tree of any kind of fruit. 



Fig. D. 

 How to produce a Dwarf Pear-Tree. 



Fig. E. 

 Dwarf Pear-Tree. 



Figure D represents a four-year pyramidal tree, pruned three 

 times, each section being shown by the figures 1, 2, 3 ; and 

 the lines across the branches represent the point where the 

 knife is to be applied at the next pruning. Figure E represents 

 a tree loaded with fruit, after the top has been pruned in the 

 pyramidal form. Such trees are kept in form from year to 

 year, by cutting and punching off the ends of the growing 

 branches. 



