224 FRUIT GARDEN DISPL^VSD. 



Pears being very defircable fine eating fruit 

 in Suninter, Autumn, and to keep for Win- 

 ter, and fcr baking. Hewing, Scc. and 

 making perry, the trees fliould be admitted 

 5n all places whefc room, in difFefent varie- 

 ties, both to plant plentifully in ftandards of 

 the feveral forrs for producing the main fup- 

 plies as moll of the forts attain perfcdion on 

 llandards, but to have earlier and finer fruit 

 with improved flavoiir, it is proper to have 

 lome pnncip-'il varieties both of Summer, 

 i\utumn, and Winter kinds in efpalier and 

 vail trees, c.rA of the' latter, have iilways 

 fome belt Winter pea;s on fomh, and well, or 

 eaiiejly walls, to attain all pcfilble perfedion. 



All the forts of ptiars bear upon fmall natu- 

 ral fpurs of an inch or two long, arifing at 

 the frdes and ends of the branches of three or 

 four to many years old : therefore, in pruning, 

 remember the branches muil; not be fliortened. 



The trees are raifed by grafting and bud- 

 ding them upon any kind of pear ftocks, 

 raifed from feed or fuckers ; and upon quince 

 ilocks, to dwarf the trees fcr efpaliers and 

 walls, where required to have them in mode- 

 rate growth for thefe purposes j the grafting 

 is peiiorir.ed in liie Spring, in February and 

 March„ and the budding in July and Augulh 

 ' In the grafting and budding thtm, h;]Ve 

 tall flocks for the full flandards, to be grafted 

 andbrtjdded at fixer fcven feet heigh: ^ half- 

 Handards, at three to four or five feel; dwarf 

 Aandards,-6ne or two feet; and for wall and 

 efpalier trees, bud and' graft on low Aotks, at 



