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PEAR. 



The finest tree of this sort which the author had 

 under his care, was a dwarf planted against a wall, 

 and trained with two upright stems, whence hori- 

 zontals were led curvingly to the distance of twenty- 

 five feet on each side. The double stem and curved 

 position of the branches caused early and constant 

 fruitfulness much more certainly than if the stem had 

 been single, and the branches straight. 



These baking pears require free stocks, and a 

 stronger description of loamy soil than other pears. 



There are three or four other sorts of baking pears 

 which the writer is acquainted with, viz, the livre 

 or pound pear, black pear of Worcester, &c. ; but 

 they are all inferior to the three sorts described 

 above. 



Pears for Perry, 



This class of pears need not be described, as they 

 may be had from any nurseryman, if ordered by 

 name. Everybody may rely on the opinion of Mr, 

 Knight, as an excellent judge of such fruit, and 

 who has recommended the following as of the best 

 quality for the manufacture of perry ; viz, the Bar- 

 land, Holemore, Longland, Oldfield, and the Teinton 

 squash. These are the sorts most in repute in He- 

 refordshire, Worcestershire, and other perry-making 

 counties in the West of England. 



A few concluding remarks on the management of 

 the pear tree, may end this section of the treatise. 

 And, first, respecting the lopping or cutting back 

 the branches of trained trees on walls or espaliers. 

 It very often happens, that old trees bear no fruit 



