THE PEAR. 



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soon the fragment of the shoot ceases to grow, and 

 after the fall of the leaves all that remains is a small 

 stump without any buds (fig. 49), which dries up and 



Fig. 47. Bud rightly pinched. 



dies, leaving a vacant place the following year. This 

 occurs most frequently upon certain varieties of pears, 

 which do not produce any eyes near the base of the 



Fig. 48. 



Fig. 49. 



Fig. 50. 

 Buds pinched too far back, and the Result in different Stages of Growth. 



branches; such as the Bon-chretien d'Hiver, the 

 Beurre Magnifique or Beurre Diel, the Doyenne, &c. 

 Sometimes there appear, a year or two after this ex- 

 cessive pinching, two buds placed on each side the 



