

SECTION II. 



DWARF PEARS. 



The pear may be advantageously cultivated 

 as a dwarf. -Indeed, this is almost the only 

 mode in which the fruit is raised for the mar- 

 kets of Paris. And in this country,, quince- 

 bottomed pear trees are coming into extensive 

 favor with those who have had experience in 

 managing them. Root-pruned dwarfs are 

 less cultivated, but chiefly, we suppose, be- 

 cause the manual operation and effects of root- 

 pruning are as yet but very little known in 

 this country. 



Amateur cultivators may amuse themselves 

 in rendering the pear still more ' diminutive, 

 by working it upon the common white thorn, 

 or the mountain ash. The point of grafting 

 should be just under the surface of the ground. 

 By commencing early with the root-pruning- 

 process already described, these little dwarfs, 



