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EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 



This Plate represents an old decayed Pear-tree, 

 with four stems, which was headed down, all but 

 the branch C, and the young wood trained in the 

 common way, or fan-fashion. 



Ay A, A. Young wood producing the fine large 

 fruit B. 



C. An old branch pruned in the common way, 

 having large spurs standing out a foot or eighteen 

 inches, and producing the diminutive, kernelly, 

 and ilLflavoured fruit Z>, not fit to be eaten. 



The two Pears B and Z), represented in the 

 Plate of their natural size, grew on the tree at the 

 same time. 



«, a, a, &c. Wounds in the stems of the tree, 

 with the Composition applied, as they appeared 

 when the edges of the bark began to grow over 

 them. 



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