6 THE MINIATUEE FRUIT GARDEN. 



August will each put forth three, four, or more 

 shoots. In June, as soon as tlicsc have made four 

 leaves, they must be pinched off to three leaves, 

 and if these spurs put forth blioots, wliich tliej 

 often do, every shoot must be pinched down to one 

 leaf, aM but the leading shoot of each side hranch ; 

 this must be left on to exhaust the tree of its super- 

 abundant sap, till the end of August. The perpen- 

 dicular leader must be topped once or twice ; in short, 

 as soon as it has grown ten inches, pinch off its top, 

 and if it break into two or three shoots, pinch them 

 all but the leader, as directed for the first season ; in 

 a few years most symmetrical trees may be formed. 



When they have attained the height of six or eight 

 feet, and are still in a vigorous state, it will be neces- 

 sary to commence root-pruning, to bring them into a 

 fruitful state. 



If some of the buds in the stem of a young tree 

 prove dormant, so that part of it is bare and without 

 a shoot where there should be one, a notch, half an 

 inch wide, and nearly the same in depth, should be 

 cut in the stem just ahove the dormant bud. If tliis 

 be done in February, a yoimg shoot will break out 

 in the summer.' 



I have thus far given directions for thuse who are 

 inclined to rear tliuir own pynimids. Time and at- 

 tention are required, but the interest attached to well- 

 trained pyramids will amply repay the young cultiva- 

 tor. 



• Ilnrr> plnci'i In ilio ttcma of pymmMs, anj In tlio bnuiobos of r«pall<i>~i or wmll 

 In-oH, may bo budilod towonl tbo »Dd of Au);u$t with blos!«oni-bQda tAl:«n from 

 iliooU two ymn old. Tbli U a Tor; iDtoroatlng modu of flirslibing a Uv« irlth 

 fruit bosriDg budi. 



