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and watery ditches ; but wil! alio grow in al- 

 jnoil any fituation, are m ftly of moderate 

 growth, as before jemaikea, and are raifed 

 principally in ftand.irds, the general fupply, 

 and ot" which a few trees may be fuiiicicnt for 

 a family ; and may alfo have fome occafionally 

 in cfpaliers, for variety : phmrrng the ftand- 

 ards twenty or thirty feet dillance, and the 

 efpaliers fifteen to eighteen feet afunder. 



Thefe trees are of the family of Pyrus^ or 

 Pear, and their^iature of bearing is fimiiar to 

 that of pears and apples, producing the blof- 

 fom and fruit prinopally upon fmall natural 

 fpurs, arifing at the Jides and ends of the fe- 

 veral years old branches ; and in their culture 

 the fame method of pruning and training is to 

 be obferved. 



They are propagated by grafting and bud- 

 ding the forts required upon feed'ing or 

 fucker ftocks of quinces or pears ; and are 

 alfo raifed by layers, cuttings and fuckers, 

 all of which in the manner explained in raif- 

 ing other fruit-trees by thefe different me- 

 thods ; and in which, tliofe defigned for 

 itandai'ds, train each with a fmgle ftem, four 

 to five or fix feet high, and at thefe heights 

 permit them to branch out above to form full 

 jieads, as defcribed in the culture of apples, 

 &c. And if any are intended for efpaliers, 

 they fhould be grafted or budded near the 

 ground; or if raifed by lasers, cuttings &c. 

 for the fame occahon, ihould be headed low 

 in proportion, to obtain branches below, to 

 furnifh the efpalier regularly from the bottom 

 B b upwards ; 



