54 THK MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



should be formed and filled with manure : in all 

 causes for this pnrjiose this should be but slightly decom- 

 posed. 



BOSn PEAR TEEES FOE A MAEKET GAEDEN. 



There are many favorable sunny spots which the 

 amateur gardener may turn to profit accompanied by 

 pleasure, simply by planting bush pear trees grafted 

 on the quince stock. The plantation should be a sort 

 of nursery, and for this purpose they should be plant- 

 ed in rows, three feet row from row, and three feet 

 apart in the rows ; a piece of ground planted after 

 this method will contain -1.840 trees per imperial acre. 



By pinching e\ery shoot to three leaves all the 

 summer, the trees f(irm compact fruitful bushes : this 

 constant summer pinching has a remarkable effect in 

 moderating the vigor of fi'uit trees. They will com- 

 mence to bear the second year after planting, and if 

 each tree give but ten or twelve fruit, one acre will pro- 

 duce a large quantity. They may be suffered to re- 

 main at the above distance un root-pruned, and unre- 

 moved for seven, eight, or ten years ; and then, as they 

 will nearly or quite touch each other, every alter- 

 nate tree should be removeii, and another plantation 

 formed. Tlie rt'inoval of the trees should be done care- 

 fully, so tliat tliosu left will stand four feet and a half 

 apart and in quimiinx order, tlnis, •• •. This may be 

 done as fullows : — rresuming the first row to consist 

 (if ten trees, beiiiii at the tirst row by rcnio\'ini: the 

 1st, 3d, nth, Ttli, and 9th ti'ues ; in the seiond row, 

 remove the lM, 4tb, (1th, 8th, and 10th ; in the third 

 row, again 1st, ;Jcl, Sth, Ttli, and Oth trees, and so ou 



