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Principles and Practice of Pruning. 



said to have been fairly formed ; and it is only requisite to continue 

 and prolong the same process for successive years. Fig. 116 repre- 

 sents a four-year pyramid three times pruned, each section being 

 shown at the figures I, 2, 3, and the cross-lines indicating the place 

 for the fourth pruning. Fig. 117 represents a perfectly pruned pyra- 

 mid in bearing. 



After the tree has attain- 

 ed sufficient size, its further 

 extension is prevented by 

 pruning back the shoots. 

 If the fruit-spurs become 

 too numerous, a part of 

 them are to be pruned close- 

 ly out, so as to give an 

 even and not crowded crop. 



Fig. 116. Four-year pyramid. 



Fig. 117. Bearing dwarf pear. 



When spurs become too old, they may be mostly*removed for new 

 ones to spring from their bases. 



Some varieties of the pear throw out side shoots spontaneously 

 the first year. Such trees may be treated in a manner not unlike 

 the ordinary two-year pyramid. On the contrary, such sorts as have 

 small or flat buds, may need a more severe cutting back than others, 

 in order to arouse the buds into action and induce them to break 

 into shoots. 



T. G. Yeomans, a successful cultivator of the dwarf pear for 



