PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. 379 



tlie summit to tlie base sucli a tree ought to be garmshed 

 "vvitli notliingbut branches 

 well set with fruit spurs. 

 The greatest breadth of 

 the pyramid should equal 

 about one-third of its 

 height. Pyramidal trees 

 may be purchased in all 

 stages; but trees ready- 

 formed are costly and 

 as many would prefer 

 training their own^ and as 

 those who plant on a 

 large scale will find it 

 economical to begin with 

 trees a year from the 

 grafts we will commence 

 at the beginning with a 

 " maiden tree/' letting 

 it grow one year in the 

 ground before pruning it. 



Fig. 1 78 represents 

 the first pruning of this 

 young tvee, and its ap- 

 pearance one year after 

 being permanently plant- 

 ed, or two years from 

 the graft. B shows the 

 union of stock and scion ; 

 and the terminal bud A 

 just below where the 

 shoot is cut should be 

 placed on the side oppo- 

 site to that on which the 

 scion was inserted, as 

 shown in the figure, so 

 that the stem of the 

 tree may rest perpendicu- 

 larly on its base. It is by attending to such little points 



Pyramidal Pear Tree. 



