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is the same through almost every, thing in nature, and it 

 would be strange, indeed, if peach trees formed an ex- 

 ception. With regard to the diseases to which the 

 peach-tree is subject, and the enemies that it is exposed 

 to, mention will be made of these hereafter. 



279. PEAR. The propagating and planting have 

 already been noticed j because every thing in those 

 respects said of the apple is applicable to the pear. In 

 the rearing of orchards of pears also, the rules for the 

 rearing of apple orchards apply in all respects whatever j 

 and the reader should, therefore, now turn to those rules. 

 Pears, in a still greater degree than apples, demand 

 espalier training if they are of fine sorts. Indeed, these 

 fine sorts, the greater part of which have come from 

 France, are worthy of a good wall, facing the west, the 

 tast, or the north. As to the training and pruning of 

 them, tbe rules are precisely those described under the 

 head of Espalier, which see. Pears very seldom bear 

 upon the last year's wood ; but upon spurs in like man- 

 ner as the apple does. No standard pear tree, any more 

 than a standard apple-tree, should have place in a gar- 

 den. AIJ the reasons given for training apples in the 

 espalier form, apply to pears, and with still greater force -, 

 for, it is perfectly useless to attempt to get fine pears 

 upon standard-trees. Most trees will bearj but the 

 fruit will not ripen, and will not be of good flavour even 

 if they do. I have mentioned before, that the stocks for 

 pears, are pears raised from the pip, quinces raised from 

 cuttings or layers, or white-thorn raised from the stones. 

 For wall-trees or espalier trees, quince stocks are the 

 best ; and that these may be had from the pips, is proved 

 by this fact, that I have now more than a thousand 



