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THE PEAR. 



of the quince stock shall be buried in the soil, and yet none 

 so deeply down as to be below the stimulating effect of the 

 warmth of the sun. Fortunately, the quince, when buried in 

 •warm soU, at once proceeds to throw out roots, so that in a few 

 weeks new roots will be formed quite to the surface of the ground, 

 fully supplying the place of all that have been removed. 



The proper form of a dwarf pear tree, and the best form for 

 a standard tree is the pyramidal. To produce this form it will 



be necessary to begin to 



prune the tree while it is 



quite young. Such is the 



desire on the part of pur- 

 chasers to get large trees, 



that nurserymen get them 



up as fast as possible. 



Fig. 47 represents a dwarf 



pear tree at one year 



old from the bud, and 



the cross line. A, the 



place where nurserymen 



usually head it back in 



order that it may look as 



large as possible, whereas 



it should have been cut 

 tack at B. A tree that has been properly headed back when 

 one year old, wUl, when its second season's growth is completed, 

 have the appearance shown in Figure 48. The branches 

 should now be shortened in such a way as to give a pyramidal 

 shape to the tree, by cutting back the lower shoots to about 

 eight inches from the body of the tree ; those next above should 

 be shortened about two inches more, and the next shortened yet 

 a little more, until those nearest the leader are cut back to three or 

 four buds from the base. The leader should be cut off at about 

 half its length, so that another series of branches may be thrown 

 out to continue the pyramid. At the end of the third season's 



Kg. 47. 



Fig. 48. 



