THE YOUNG- PYRAMID 7 



middle or end of September. The perpendicular leader 

 must be stopped 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 ; lq 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 vigorons 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 above the dormant bud. If this 

 be done in February a young shoot will break out in 

 the summer.! 



These directions are for those who are inclined to 

 rear their own pyramids. Time and attention are re- 

 quired, but the interest attached to well-trained pyra- 

 mids will amply repay the young cultivator. 



> Bare places in the stems of pyramids, afld in the branches of 

 espaliers or wall trees, may be budded towards the end of August 

 with blossom buds taken from sh6ots two years old. This is a very- 

 interesting mode of furnishing a tree with fruit-bearing buds. 



