THE PEAR. 



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ones right and left. In this case select a bud a little 

 sideways of the one that would otherwise be chosen. 



If during the preceding summer some of the lateral 

 branches have been imperfectly developed, which takes 

 place occasionally towards the base of the tree, it will 

 be necessary to prune them but little, or leave them 

 entire, in order to impart to them their proper vigour. 

 If these branches be only half the length of the others, 

 it will be well to make an incision on the outside of 

 the main stem, immediately above the spring of the 



Fig. 40.— Terminal Bud to prolong a Fig. 41.— Incisions. 



Lateral Branch. 



branch A, as shown at A, fig. 41. The incision should 

 penetrate the exterior wood of the tree, sever the sap 

 vessels which press on that side, and thus compel the 

 sap to develop the branch. The cut should be made 

 with a fine hand-saw, in order that it may heal up 

 less rapidly. If the bud on which we reckoned to form 



