QUENOUILLE. 



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Representation of Quenouille Training. 



" In short, this single row of pear trees is the most inter- 

 esting feature of the garden. The shoots of the current 

 year are bent down when fully grown, and fixed in a 

 pendent position by shreds of bass. In the course of the 

 winter these shreds are removed, to admit of pruning, 

 when the shoots are found to have taken a set. In the 

 course of the summer, such as grow too vigorously are 

 again tied, the object being to check the vigor of the 

 young shoots, and, by impeding the return of the sap, to 

 cause it to expand itself in those young shoots, in the 

 formation of blossom buds." 



These pear trees at Chiswick, as Mr. Lindley informs 

 us, are all inoculated on the quince; they are trained per- 

 pendicularly, with a single stem, to the height of about 

 seven feet, with tiers of branches at regular distances; 

 each being generally about eighteen inches long, and the 

 tiers from nine to twelve inches apart. * * * * If 

 the plant be strong and vigorous, it will throw out many 

 more branches than are necessary ; these must be trimmed 

 out, the best only being preserved ; these are to be tied 

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