THE PEAK. 



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soon tlie fragment of the shoot ceases to grow, and 

 after the fall of the leaves all that remains is a small 

 stump without any buds (fig. 49), which dries up and 



Fig. 47.— Bud rightly pinched. 



dies, leaving a vacant place the following year. This 

 occurs most frequently upon certain varieties of pears, 

 which do not produce any eyes near the base of the 



Fig. 48. 



Fig. 49. 



i Fig. 50. 



Buds pinched too far back, and the Result in different Stages of Growth. 



branches; such as the Bon -chrétien d'Hiver, the 

 Beurré Magnifique or Beurré Diel, the Doyenné, &c. 

 Sometimes there appear, a year or two after this ex- 

 cessive pinching, two buds placed on each side the 



