386 PrRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. 



summer following the fourtli pruning before described^ 

 attention sbould be given to tbe young brancbes at tbe 

 top of tbe pyramid^ while tbe side ones will also require 

 it. As tbe lower branches will have attained to nearly 

 their full length, a too vigorous growth of the terminal 

 shoot of each must be prevented by pinching. ' 



Fig. 189. 



Pyramidal Pear Tree. Fiftli pruning. 



Pig. 189 shows the aspect of the tree at the fifth 

 pruning, and how the pruning is performed. As is 

 well seen by glancing from .B to A of Fig. 189, the new 

 growth of the lower branches is cut very short, while 

 the higher the remaining superior branches are, the 



