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But for small places I do not know of a wind- 

 break better than can be made of the Buffam pear. 

 This tree grows like the Lombardy poplar, erect, 

 stiff, and tough- wooded. It is so compact that you 

 may set the trees eight or ten feet apart, and so 

 make almost a solid wall. The fruit is only med- 

 ium-sized, and so near to the wild fruit in its tem- 

 per, that it bears enormous crops ; and those in the 

 shade are nearly as good as those in the sun. Not 

 a high-grade dessert fruit, it is not insignificant for 

 canning and jellies, and is particularly excellent 

 for pickling. Another point not to be overlooked 

 is the glory of a Buffam hedge in autumn. In Oc- 

 tober no other pear is so superbly colored with 

 crimson and gold. The Sheldon pear makes a 

 good windbreak, but the wood is brittle. The 

 Anjou is one of the best, on account of its compact 

 growth. 



For a low-growing windbreak nothing is more 

 cheery than a row of dwarf apples, standing close 

 in a row. Among the best varieties for this pur- 

 pose are the Astrachan, the Salome, the Porter, the 

 Gravenstein, the Summer "Rose, the Hubbardston, 

 the Ingram, the Golden Russet, and the Tolman 

 Sweet. All of these varieties will give you excel- 



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