THB PEAR. 



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growth the tree will have the appearance shown in Fig. 49. It 

 should have been stated that if the tranches on the tree at the 

 «nd of the second season's growth are too numerous to admit of 

 all remaining, which will very pro- 

 bably be the case, enough of them 

 must be cut entirely away to give 

 plenty of room for the free circula- 

 tion of air and light, upon which the 

 full develop- 

 ment of leaves 

 and fruit so 

 entirely de- 

 pends. The 

 like process of 

 cutting back 

 the growth of 

 the previous 

 summer must 

 be again re- 

 peated, as in- 

 dicated by the 

 cross lines, 

 keeping in 

 mind that the 

 object for 

 which you 

 Fig. 49. prune is to 



bring the tree into a conical form, 

 season the tree will have the form shown in Fig. 50, and the 

 dotted line, A. B., shows where the branches will require to be 

 shortened at the spring pruning. K summer pinching of the 

 shoots is practised, very little spring pruning will be required. 

 Summer pinching consists in nipping off the point of the 

 grooving shoot, usually ■with the thumb and finger, or it may 

 be done with the knife. The effect of this is, of course, to 



Fig. 50. 



At the end of the fourth 



