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PEEMAITENT PLAKTATIONS. 



gooseberries and cm-rants, six feet apart, and call it thi 

 jS^0}vna7idie / the J also alternate them with pyramidal 

 pear trees in rows ; and in some of the best mixed kitchen' 

 and fruit gardens, two dwarf apples slvq. planted between 

 two pyramidal pears, thus giving double the number of 

 them as of the pears in a border or row. In small gar 

 dens the apple should not be admitted under any othei 

 form, and even to a limited extent in that, for it is ths 

 great fruit of the orchard, and in nearly all parts of thia 

 country they are extensively grown, and can be purchased 

 at very moderate rates. 



27ie Pear, as a Pyramid (fig. 101). — The pear is emi- 

 nently the tree for 

 the pyramidal form, 

 either on the free 

 stock, or on the 

 quince ; on the latter, 

 however, the trees 

 bear much earlier, 

 are more -prolific, 

 more manageable, 

 and consequently 

 preferable for small 

 gardens. On the pear 

 stock they require 

 constant summer 

 pruning and pinch 

 ing, and in some 

 cases, root pruning, 

 to subdue the natu- 

 ral vigor, and induce 

 early fruitfulness. 

 Certain varieties. 

 Fig. 101. " however, do not suc- 



Pyiamidal pear tree, 7 feenugh-4 feet wide at th. ceed ©n the quince, 



