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.competition every third year will be 

 enough to keep the trees in good order. 



THE firft time the border is recruited, 

 the compofl ufed mould be the fame as in 

 preparing the border before planting ; but 

 in a few years it may be neceffary to make 

 fome change, it being proper to keep the 

 border to a ftiffim loam, 



The Management and Pruning of Pears, 



IN fpring when the buds begin to moot, 

 the tree muft be headed down according to 

 its ftrength ; that is, four or fix eyes. As 

 foon as the branches will reach the wall 

 they mould be nailed. If there are five 



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fhoots, which fometimes happens (there 

 will foon be a handfome tree) two of each 

 fide muft be trained horizontal, that in 

 the middle upright, that it may be ftrong 

 againft the pruning feafon. The tree 

 Jieaded down to four eyes, if it produces 

 three good fhoots, will alfo foon make a 

 good tree : a moot on each fide mufr. be 



trained 



