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CONTENTS. 



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FOREWORD 



PREFACE 4 



INTRODUCTION 5 



VARIETIES 14 



TREES, STOCKS AND PROPAGATION 66 



SELECTION AND CARE OF TREES F'OR PLANTING 74 



DISTANCE AND SYSTEMS FOR PLANTING AND NUMBER 



OF TREES PER ACRE 79 



SOILS AND THEIR PREPARATION FOR PLANTING 82 



SETTING AND CARING FOR THE YOUNG TREES 87 



PRUNING 90 



IRRIGATION, CULTIVATION, COVER CROPS, FERTIL- 

 IZERS, INTERCROPS 103 



CHAPTER... X. GRAFTING THE PEAR 111 



CHAPTER 'Jxj, FROST INJURY:,- AND FROST PROTECTION 114 



CHAPTER r XIS. . SPRAYING THE PEAR 118 



CHAPSETI hcri. r '- ^CT^RIA;L 'AND FUNGOUS DISEASES OF THE PEAR 125 



CHAPTER XIV. INSECT, MITE AND ANIMAL PESTS OF THE PEAR__ -153 



CHAPTER XV. THINNING, PICKING AND PACKING - 172 



CHAPTER XVI. CANNING AND DRYING PEARS - 176 



CHAPTER XVII. INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 182 



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