ON PEARS. 97 



stock, and the fruit exceedingly fine, and by 

 keeping them spurred like dwarf apple trees, 

 they may be kept within any compass you wish, 

 as they do not grow near so strong as those on 

 the pear stock. 



Many sorts of pears, which are generally 

 grown against walls, have got the name of bad 

 bearers through bad pruning, it being a gene- 

 ral method to spur them all indiscriminately ; 

 at the same time, some sorts scarcely ever 

 bloom except at the extremities of the young 

 shoots, therefore, if they are removed it is im- 

 possible to have fruit : from the above cause, 

 I have seen standard Gansell's Burgamots in the 

 natural ground, with a fine crop of fruit, 

 while those against the wall have scarcely had 

 any excepting at the extremities. 



This may be easily remedied, when you have 

 discovered which sorts bear at the ends of the 

 shoots, by leaving a sufficient quantity of young 

 wood for that purpose. 



The confusion in the names of pears is quite 

 equal to the apples ; I shall therefore confine 

 myself in the explanatory list of pears which 

 follows, to such sorts as are known to be good ; 

 and such as are sufficient for all purposes. 



