PYRAMIDAL PEAR TREES IN POTS. 133 



PICTOBIAL PRACTICE. — PLAIN HINTS IN FEW WORDS. 



FIG. 97.— FRUIT TREES IN POTS.-A FRUITFUL PYRAMIDAL PEAR TREE. 



A, three year old tree from hud or graft Ow^cs 130 an.eZ 131, vl); a, leading growth or 

 continuation of stem ; 6, point of pinching leader at 10 to \3 inches of growth : c, 

 strongest and iippermost lateral trained erectly as a leader; d, side laterals which 

 have not ieen pinched because they have not made viore than three leaves ; e, shoots 

 produced from preceding year's stem, and not pinched because they have not made more 

 than eight leaves ; f, continuation grov)th of side branches nut pinched because they have 

 not made over eight leaves : g, side growtJisfrom branches not pinched because they have 

 not made more than three leaves ; h, spurs (short shoots with leaves disposed around a 

 prominent ceiitral bud); i, top-dressing of rich compost ; j, roots proceeding from holes 

 in the pot into the border. 



