VIII 

 DWARF PEARS 



PEARS are the fruit most largely grown in dwarf 

 form in America. There are a few well established 

 and successful commercial orchards of pears, especially 

 in western New York and Michigan. The pear is 



FIG. 28 YOUNG ORCHARD OF DWARF PEARS IN WESTERN 

 NEW YORK 



the fruit most assiduously cultivated in dwarf and 

 trained forms in Europe. At the same time it is the 

 one with which I confess I have had the least satis- 

 faction. This is perhaps because I have always ex- 



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