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four that I headed down was a St. Germain, which produced 

 nineteen fine large well-flavoured pears next year, [See Letter B. 

 Plate 7.] and in the third bore more fruit than it did in its 

 former state when it was four times the size. 



I left seven trees upon an East aspect, treated according 

 to the common method of pruning, which bore the following 

 number of pears upon each tree : 



Epine d'Hyver produced eighty-six pears, and the tree 

 spread fifteen yards. 



A Crasane produced one hundred pears, and the tree 

 spread fourteen yards. 



Another Crasane produced sixteen pears, and the tree 

 spread ten yards. 



A Virgoiileuse produced one hundred and fifty pears, 

 and the tree spread nine yards. 



A Colmar produced one hundred and fifty pears, and the 

 tree spread nine yards. 



Another Colmar produced seventy-nine pears, and the 

 tree spread ten j^ards. 



A L'Eschasserie produced sixty pears. 



Seven trees, headed down and pruned according to my 

 method, leaving the fcre-riglit shoots in summer, bore as ful- 

 lows, in the fourth year after heading. 



A Louisbonne bore four hundred and sixty-three pears, 

 and the tree spread nine yards. 



Another Louisbonne bore three hundred and ninety-one 

 peai"s, and spread eight yards. 



A Colmar bore two hundred and thirteen pears, and 

 spread six yards. 



A Brown Beurre bore five hundred and three pears. 



Another Brov/n Beurre bore five hundred and fifty pears. 



A Crasane bore five hundred and twenty pears. 



A Virgouleuse bore five hundred and eighty pears. 



The branches of the four last trees spread nearly in the 

 same proportion as the first three. 



A young Beurre, the second year after heading, bore two 

 hundred and thirty pears ; and a St. Germain, four hundred. 



All the above trees stood upon the same aspect and the 

 same wall, and the fruit was numbered in the same year, A 

 great many pears which dropped from the trees are not reck- 

 oned. The trees that were pruned according to the old prac- 

 tice covered at least one-third more wall than the others. 



By the above statement it appears, that the trees headed 

 down bore upwards of five times the quantity of fruit that the 

 others did ; and it keeps increasing in proportioti to the pro- 

 gress of the trees. 



