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362 THE PEAR AS A CORDON. 



training of the Pear in this way, it is too simple to require 

 description here. The tree is simply treated as we treat a 

 single branch of a fan-shaped tree_, and requires none of 

 the careful pruning necessary to form the more elaborate 

 shapes. Healthy young plants, a year from the graft, are 

 chosen, planted at from 16 to 18 inches apart, and 

 pruned as explained in the accompanying figures. 



Fig, 161. 



Oblique Cordon Pear. 4tli year. 



Sometimes the Pear is trained as a vertical single or double 

 cordon. Of the two forms the single is preferable, and it is 

 chiefly suited for very high walls, the gable ends of out- 

 houses, and the like. It need scarcely be added that the 

 trees should be on the Quince stock. 



The Pear may also be trained as a horizontal cordon on 

 low walls, the fronts of glass houses, and as an edging like 

 the Apple. But generally the Pear pushes too vigorously 



