Chap. XXIV.] 



FRUIT CULTURE. 



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trees and well and simply-formed Peach and Plum-trees against 

 the walls certainly often look better than little gardens arranged 

 witk another aim. In spring there is the beauty of fruit-tree 

 blossoms, and in autumn the crown of trees— good fruit. The 

 art of the engraver, even in its best form, can give but a suggestion 

 of such a garden, but probably this will show how desirable it is 

 to make, more than ever, full use of our opportunities of planting 

 fruit-trees in small gardens. 



Fruit-trees in a Front Garden {Vincennes'). 



The second way in which we may improve the cultivation of the 

 Pear is by planting it to a greater extent as a pyramidal tree, 

 grafting on the Quince where the soil is rich, moist, or deep. On 

 many dry and sandy lands the Pear must be grown on its own 

 stock, and for orcharding purposes generally that may safely be 

 pronounced the best. We shall never have a good supply for 

 market till we pay more attention to the Pear as a freely-developed 

 standard tree ; we shall never have a first-rate supply of Winter 



