PEAR TREES AS BUSHES ON THE QUINCE STOCK 21 



difiiise in their growtlt, and, with snmmer pinching, 

 soon form nice prolific bushes, of which the following 

 figure (fig. 5), from nature, will give some idea. The 

 pruning of these bushes is a simple matter. As they 

 are likely to throw out many shoots, and so fill up the 

 centre of the bush, thus impeding the circulation of 



Fig. 5 



light and air; I go over the branches in June and thin 

 out those which are growing too thickly, the final 

 pruning being left until the end of September. If the 

 bushes are fruitful the pruning should be deferred until 

 the fruit is gathered, and the summer thinning only 

 practised. 



