^2 TREATISE ON THE CULTURE ANi3 



To those who have small Gardens^ and room only for a few Trees^ 

 Ixuould recommend the folloxving as the most useful^ viz. 



Summer Pears. ,.»The Musk Pear, the Green Chissel, Jar- 

 gonelle, Summer Bergamot, Summer Bonchretien, 



Autumn Pears. ...TYiq Orange Bergamot, Autumn Berga- 

 mot, Gansel's Bergamot, Brown Buerre, Doyenne or St. INIi- 

 chael, and Swan's Egg, 



Winter Pears Crasane, Chaumontelle, St. Germain, 



Colmar, D' Auch, L'Eschas&erie, Winter B onchrctien, and 

 Bergamot de Pasque. 



The above will furnish a regular succession of fruit. 



Gf the 3Ianagement of Pear-Trees. 



It will be unnecessary to say much here on the choice of 

 young pear-trees, as the rules already laid down are sufficient 

 for that purpose. 



I would advise those who intend to plant pear-trees, in- 

 stead of choosing young ones, to look out for the oldest that 

 they can find in the nursery, and with strong stems ; to have 

 them carefully taken up, with as much of the roots as possible, 

 and carefully planted, after cutting in the roots a litde, spread- 

 ing them as horizontally as you can. Then fill up all round 

 the roots with light dry mould ; forcing it in about those which 

 lie hollow, with a sharp pointed stick ; filling the hole up to the 

 top without treading the mould, till you have first filled the 

 hole with as much water as it will contain, leaving it a day or 

 two until the ground has absorbed the water ; then throw on 

 some fresh dry mould, and tread it as hard as you can ; fill the 

 hole up again with mould to within an inch of the top, and give 

 it a second watering, leaving the mould about three inches 

 higher than the border, to settle of itself, and to receive the 

 rain that falls, for at least a month. When the mould has be- 

 come quite dry, you may tread it a second time ; then make a 

 large bason all round the tree, and give it another watering; 

 then mulch the top over with some rotten leaves or dung, ob- 

 serving to water the trees once a week in dry weather, and 

 sprinkle the tops frequentlv with a pot, or hand-engine, to 

 keep the wood from shriveling till the trees have taken fresh 

 root. 



The method of pruning pear trees is very different from 

 that practised for apple-trees in general. The constant practice 

 has been, to leave great spurs, as big as a man's arm, from one 

 foot to 18 inches long. [See Plate 7, Letter C] The constant 



