THE PEAR AS A CORDON. 



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to be trained in this way, while the pendulous habit of the 

 fruit renders it more liable to be soiled. I once saw Uvedale's 





St. Germain grown in this way, the great fruit sitting on 

 the ground, and quite encrusted with earthy splashings. 

 I have frequently seen plantations of the Pear as a hori- 



