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injured; the bud will take and thrive on the young stock. I 

 have taken buds from Peaches in this injured state, when I 

 wished to keep the sort, and although the old tree had ac- 

 tually died in the fall following, the young shoot has done 

 well, showing no symptom of disease. 



After all, the philosophy about trees running out by age, 

 and a regeneration to be accomplished only by new seedling 

 sorts, I know not but budding is as much a renovation in 

 the sort as seedlings are — the seed is but a bud in a smaller 

 compass ; both the buds and the seeds are perfect indivi- 

 duals, and each of them capable, under proper circum- 

 stances, to form a new tree. 



A word or two more on cultivating Pears. In order to 

 have them of the finest quality, and in the greatest staie of 

 perfection, I would recommend the espalier mode of train- 

 ing for this purpose. The direction I believe to be very 

 correct, and easy to be practised. I have made a selection 

 of fine sorts, and marked with an asterisk those that will do 

 well on the Quince stock for dwarf sorts ; they will all take 

 well, of course, on Pear stocks. A change of stocks will 

 often have a great effect. I have observed, that French 

 Pears (I mean trees imported directly from France) are ge- 

 nerally grafted on Quinces ; in some of the trees, when they 

 have appeared to be in a decaying state, by taking off buds 

 from, and putting them on free Pear stocks, they have done 

 well, being quite renovated. I would recommend when any 

 fine kind of Pear shows any tendency to decay on Pear 

 stocks, to bud the sorts on fine free Quince stocks, and a 

 similar effect Avill be produced. 



SELECTION OF PEARS. 



Those marked with an asterisk * are a<lapted for Espalier or 

 Quenouille Training. 



Early, or Summer Fruit. 



