890 PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. 



Fig. 194. 



position successively occupied by the lower branches during 

 the first six years, during which they were successively 

 lowered and elongated from the point C to T ; and thirdly, 

 the lines from I to S show the lines of each yearns pruning. 

 It is very questionable if the mathematically designed 



pyramid here al- 

 luded to be so de- 

 sirable for gardens 

 generally as a 

 flatter and less 

 pointed form. For 

 example, the pyra- 

 mid as represented 

 at the time of its 

 fourth or fifth 

 pruning is in out- 

 line preferable to 

 the tall and 

 finished pyramidal 

 tree depicted in 

 Fig. 177, and a 

 style somewhat 

 like that shown 

 191 will 



m 



Kg. 



prove easier to 



form to those who 



„ ^ n ■, ^ . n , , hsive no time to 



VV all Pear Tree regrafted. On each of the branches „ . 



A, B, C, D, a graft has been placed. The graft at spare tor the nice- 



C failed, and consequently a shoot, e, is allowed to -j^jgg Q-f trainino". 

 ascend; so that it may be budded the autumn . 



following the grafting. Occasionally the 



pyramidal Pear 



has its branches bent downwards, as in Eig. 192, some 

 thinking that this induces a more fruitful habit. I never 

 saw any clear evidence of this, and believe the form to be 

 no better than the simple pyramid. 



The excellent practice of cutting in pyramidal and other 

 trees that happen to be worthless varieties, and regrafting 

 them with superior kinds, is much recommended by the 

 French growers. 



