PYRAMIDAL TREES 



Summer pruning is often done too early for appear- 

 ance' sake ; but this practice induces secondary growth, 

 which is not desirable. 



In respect to pyramidal or bush trees, these, if grown on 

 the Paradise stock and care- 

 fully planted before Christmas, 

 may be cut back in February 

 as I have stated. Should the 

 pyramidal form be desired, a 

 stake should be used to train 

 the central stem, and the side 

 lower shoots may be cut to 

 four or five eyes, leaving the 

 end bud pointing outwards. 

 In the following August these 

 pyramids, as well as bush 

 or basin-shaped trees, may be 

 spurred as advised for stan- 

 dards. 



In forming basin-shaped 

 trees, it may be needful to train 

 the shoots to balance equally 

 like the spokes of a wheel, by 



tying them down to a rim of wire which can be stretched 

 on five low stakes, and pruning them as directed for 

 pyramids in order to get extension growths, spurring the 

 inner shoots in August, and allowing the main shoots to 

 extend from 12 to 18 inches each year. 



Single cordons should be trained upright for a few 

 years until they reach the top of the wall or support, 

 when they may be lifted for root-pruning and be planted 



FIG. i. PYRAMIDAL PEAR TREE 



