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PERMANENT PLANTATIOIsrS. 



gooseberries and currants, six feet apart, and call it th( 

 *' Normandie ', they also alternate them with pyramidal 

 pear trees in rows ; and in some of the best mixed kitchen 

 and fruit gardens, two dwarf apples are planted between 

 two pyramidal pears, thus giving double the number of 

 them as of the pears in a border or row\ In small gar 

 dens the apple should not be admitted under any othei 

 form, and even to a limited extent in that, for it is the 

 great fruit of the orchard., and in nearly all parts of this 

 country they are extensively grown, and can be purchased 

 at very moderate rates. 



The Pear.^ as a Pyramid (fig. 101). — The pear is emi- 

 nently the tree for 

 the pyi-amidal form, 

 either on the free 

 stock, or on the 

 quince ; on the latter, 

 however, the trees 

 bear much earlier, 

 are more prolific, 

 more manageable, 

 and consequently 

 preferable for small 

 gardens. On the pear 

 stock they require 

 constant summer 

 pruning and pinch- 

 ing, and in some 

 cases, root pruning, 

 to subdue the natu- 

 ral vigor, and induce 

 early fruitfulness. 

 Certain varieties, 

 however, do not suc- 

 ceed on the quince, 



I- 10. 101. 

 Pyramidal pear tree, 7 feet high— 4 feet wide at the 



