1 50 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



Pear. Poirieb. Pyrus, 



The Peach and the Pear-tree have still ample store. 

 And the Plum, most inviting, " makes urchins adore." 

 A bountiful feast is spread over the land. 

 For great is the Giver, unsparing His hand. 



The Pear-tree, in ita wild state, is thorny, witli upright 

 branches, tending to the pyramidal form, in which it differs 



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materially from the Apple-tree. The twigs, or sprays, hang 

 down. The leaves are elliptical, obtuse, serrate. The h »wers 



