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ON PEARS. 



tinent, to graft pears on quince stocks, and in 

 this country they have been found to answer 

 extremely well as dwarfs, for they come into 

 bearing much earlier than those on the pear 

 stock, and the fruit exceedingly fine, and by 

 keeping them spurred like dwarf apple trees, 

 they may be kept within any compass you wish, 

 as they do not grow near so strong as those on 

 the pear stock. 



Many sorts of pears, which are generally 

 grown against walls, have got the name of bad 

 bearers through bad pruning, it being a general 

 method to spur them all indiscriminately ; at the 

 same time, some sorts scarcely ever bloom, ex- 

 cept at the extremities of the young shoots, 

 therefore, if they are removed it is impossible 

 to have fruit. 



This may be easily remedied, when you have 

 discovered which sorts bear at the ends of the 

 shoot, by leaving a sufficient quantity of young 

 wood for that purpose. 



The confusion in the names of pears is quite 

 equal to the apples ; I shall therefore confine 

 myself in the explanatory list of pears which 



