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were directed to be done in the other kinds 

 already treated of as St. Germain, &c. But 

 a different mode of treatment from either of 

 the preceding is required for the successful 

 management of the Jargonelle Pear tree. 

 The tree must be trained horizontally, and 

 be furnished with branches in the same man- 

 ner as directed for the other kinds in the 

 foregoing observations, only that the main 

 branches must be twelve inches distant from 

 each other, consequently the leading shoot 

 must be pruned long enough for this pur- 

 pose, which will be effected by leaving it 

 thirteen inches long at each time of stopping. 



Fig. 11. 



The spurs must be allowed to retain the 

 same quantity of fruit buds, as those kinds 

 already treated upon, and at the proper time 

 they must be cut down in the same manner, 

 in order to produce new ones. At the se- 

 venth winter pruning, commencing from the 

 first heading down the tree, the spurs No. 1. 

 on the first year's wood will require to be cut 

 down, either entirely or to the lowest bud, 



