394 PTEAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. 



The greatest attention is paid to the proper and neat 

 pinching and pruning of the shoots, as shown by the 

 following figures : — 



Proper mode of cutting shoot. Shoot cut too long. Shoot cut too low. 



Fia. 205. Fia. 206. Fia. 207. 



Young shoot of Pear pro- Shoot of Pear pinched Result of over-pinching, 

 perly pinched at about too short, 



lour inches from the base. 



Fia. 208. 



Fig. 209. 



Fig. 210. 



Another result of over- Pinching of the bourgeon The stipulary shoots forced into 

 pinching. anticipS, or second growth by the removal of the 



growth of the Pear. principal shoot, A. 



