CHAPTER II. 



On Pears, Plums, Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, 

 Grape Vines, fyc. fyc. 



ON PEARS. 



Par 77. What has already been said on the 

 culture of apples, will generally apply to pears ; 

 the budding, grafting, pruning, and general 

 management being the same, excepting that they 

 are worked on different stocks. The stock which 

 is generally used, (and which is decidedly the 

 best for standard pear trees,) is raised from the 

 seed of the small wild pear, which like the true 

 crab is more durable than those grown from 

 other pears, It has many years been the prac- 

 tice in France, and several parts of the Con- 



