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or fifteen feet, it may be left from eight to ten inches 

 in length till the required height be attained ; it may 

 then be cut to within two inches of its base every 

 season. 



Fig. i 



I ought here to remark that pear trees differ in 

 their habits to an extraordinary degree ; some make 

 shoots most robust and vigorous ; others under pre- 

 cisely the same treatment are very delicate and 

 slender. In the final shortening in September this 



