ON FRUIT CULTURE. 



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the tree should have a warm 

 position, when the fruit is of 

 the highest quahty. 



All the varieties mentioned 

 will succeed not only as 

 cordon or other trained trees, 

 but also as bushes or pyra- 

 mids, except those recom- 

 mended to be planted against 

 a warm wall ; these would be 

 doubtful as trees in the open, 

 unless the locality were 

 specially favourable. The 

 warmest and most sheltered 

 position in the garden should 

 be chosen for the bush or 

 pyramid Pear-trees, as they 

 are easily injured by cold 

 winds and frost, and every 

 effort should be made to keep the trees healthy and vigorous 

 without grossness. 



Standards. — In many parts of the country, 

 and prolific trees when planted as standards. 



the case. 



Fig. 666. — Pear Beurre Anjou. 



advantage 



Fig. 667. — Pear Emile d'Heyst. 



Pears make large 

 and where this is 

 they might with 

 be dotted about 

 the pleasure-grounds or park 

 as isolated specimens, or 

 arranged in clumps. Regarded 

 merely as objects of beauty, 

 they are magnificent when in 

 full blossom, and in many 

 seasons they produce immense 

 crops of fruit. Steivmg Pear 

 have been much neglected by 

 planters, yet the well-known 

 and excellent stewing variety, 

 Catillac, makes a large tree 

 as a standard ; it is one of 

 the hardiest and most fruitful 

 sorts that can be grown, and 

 should be much more exten- 

 sively planted. And not only 

 is it the best stewing Pear, but 

 it also keeps well into March. 

 Verulam is another stewing 

 variety in use up to the end 

 of March. The tree is a strong 

 grower, hardy, and prolific. 



