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Principles and Practice of Pruning. 



said to have been fairly formed ; and it is only requisite to continue 

 and prolong the same process for successive years. Fig. 116 repre- 

 sents a four-year pyramid three times pruned, each section being 

 shown at the figures i, 2, 3, and the cross-lines indicating the place 

 for the fourth pruning. Fig. 117 represents a perfectly pruned pyra- 

 mid in bearing. 



After the tree has attain- 

 ed sufficient size, its further 

 extension is prevented by 

 pruning back the shoots. 

 If the fruit-spurs become 

 too numerous, a part of \ 



them are to be pruned close- 

 ly out, so as to give an 

 even and not crowded crop. 



Fig. 116. Four-year Pyramid. 



F ig. ii 7. Bearing dwarf pear. 



When spurs become too old, they may be mostly removed for new 

 ones to spring from their bases. 



Some varieties of the pear throw out side shoots spontaneously 

 the first year. Such trees may be treated in a manner not unlike 

 the ordinary two-year pyramid. On the contrary, such sorts as have 

 small or flat buds, may need a more severe cutting back than others, 

 in order to arouse the buds into action and induce them to break 

 into shoots. 



T. G. Yeomans, a successful cultivator of the dwarf pear for 



