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ed trees have been prepared, by digging large 

 deep holes, and filling them with rich, sandy 

 loam, having a drainage underneath. 



Distance. Pears may be set, for a term of 

 years, at a distance of ten to twelve feet apart 

 each way. When they are half grown, take 

 out every alternate row each way, and the 

 remaining rows twenty to twenty-four feet 

 apart will be at the proper distance for a 

 permanent pear orchard. An entirely safe 

 mode of removing the trees of these alternate 

 rows, is described under section 3d, of the 

 chapter on Transplanting. The peach and 

 the pear may be thus set alternately, and the 

 former will be dead and gone, before the latter 

 will need the space occupied by it. 



Transplanting. The pear is a more costly 

 tree than the apple, and it will not bear so 

 rough treatment; we therefore advise to be 

 careful in transplanting it. We have already 

 given sufficient directions for performing this 

 work. (See the Chapter on Transplanting, 

 and also that on the Apple.) 



Cultivation. Observe the same directions 

 as those given in the chapter on The Apple. 

 Read also what is said under the head of 

 Root-pruned dwarf-pears. Wood ashes, bone 



