grown and stocky. It is but a small item, when you 

 consider the difference it will make in the orchard 

 in the course of ten years. In case you decide to 

 have part dwarfs, do not buy those that are high 

 worked. If buyers were more careful, and refused 

 to take trees when the pear bud has been set six or 

 eight inches above the surface, nurserymen would 

 soon abandon this practice, which is now too preva- 

 lent. It is less labor to set a bud six inches from 

 the ground than two, because the operator does not 

 have to lean over so far ; but if those high worked 

 trees were unsaleable, proprietors would pay more 

 attention to this branch of the business than they 

 now do. It is well known to all intelligent fruit 

 growers, that in planting dwarf pear trees, the union 

 between the pear and quince should be at least four 

 inches below the surface. In case this rule is carried 

 out with a tree " high worked," say five to eight 

 inches above the surface, the roots are buried so 

 deeply, as to be out of the reach of the effects of the 

 sun's rays, and the free circulation of air ; both of 

 which are so important to assist in the healthy 

 growth of the young tree. 



For either standards or dwarfs select low trained, 

 stocky trees, even if you decide to remove the 

 lower branches after they are in place. I have 

 found, from experience, that such trees are better 



