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first-rate kinds cheaply as " maiden/' or very young plants, 

 then lie will probably find tbe system, an improvement. 

 None but the very best kinds should be planted, and to 

 begin with, it would be desirable to plant a goodly number 

 of one kind known to succeed well in the neighbourhood 



Fig. 160. 



Oblique Cordon Pear. 3rd year. B is the position whicli the tree will 

 eventually occupy. 



rather than a variety of sorts. The kinds known to do best 

 in this contracted form are '^Beurre Superfin, Flemish 

 Beauty, Beurre Gifi'ard, ^Louise Bonne of Jersey, *Marie 

 Louise, Beurre Clairgeau, Duchesse d'Angouleme, ^Easter 

 Beurre, and Beurre d^Anjou. Of these a beginner would do 

 well to take those marked with an asterisk. As regards the 



