5-16 HOW TO MAKE THE FARJI PAY. 



ia time take root beneath the surface and grow upon its own 

 roots. Under the proper treatment it comes into bearing on the 

 (luince in one-half the time needed on its own roots, can be more 

 readily trained to a pyramid form, so desirable in the pear, and 

 we think is just as long lived. We at least know of trees on 

 quince stocks that have been in bearing over forty years. 

 Twelve feet apart is ample space for planting these trees ; and 

 where ground is scarce, if it is sure to be thoroughly cultivated, 

 annually manured, properly pruned, and the young trees thinned 

 of their first crops, six feet apart in the rows, and rows twelve 

 feet apart, will answer. 



Summer pinching of the terminal buds is the best method of 

 pruning these trees. If the leader shoots up too vigorously, 

 pinch it off; if any of the upper shoots get as long as the lower 

 ones, pinch them off; if buds appear where you do not want 

 limbs to grow, pinch them. This is much better than to wait 

 until the wood is matured and pruning must be done with a 

 knife; but if you leave it until then, be sure your knife is like 

 a razor. Cut just above a bud. Prune in the spring those 

 branches you wish to have grow vigorously, and in the summer 

 those whose growth you wish to check. Where trees are slow 

 to come into bearing, prune in the spring, pinch through the 

 summer, and root prune early in the autumn. 



The pear, unlike other fruits, bears from a permanent spur ; 

 after the fruit has been picked, if this spur is cut back new fruit 

 buds will start at its base. The germs of these buds can be seen 

 at the time of gathering the fruit. The wood buds are readily 

 distinguished from the fruit buds, as the latter are full and 

 I'lump, while the former are usually pointed. Wood buds can 

 be converted into fruit buds by bending down or breaking off 

 the shoot just above the bud. This distinction between wood 

 and fruit buds should be kept constantly in mind when pruning 



