CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER Vm. 



DIGGING TREES FROM THE NURSERY Row, AND PACKING. 46 



An unfortunate tree 47 



Below the roots 60 



Packing trees 61 



Imported trees 52 



CHAPTER IX. 



VARIETIES TO PLANT 63 



How to select a few varieties 64 



Choice kinds of pears 65 



A list of varieties 56 



Doyenne Boussock 57 



Beurr6 Clairgeau 68 



Fine large pears 69 



Amateur's list , 60 



CHAPTER X. 



PRUNING 61 



Prune to induce fruitfulness 62 



The time of budding 63 



An upward and outward growth 64 



Near a wood bud 66 



Too much wood 67 



System of pruning 68 



An unproductive tree 69 



Promote fruitfulness 70 



Summer pruning 72 



Upward and outward 73 



Annual crops 75 



