PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. 389 



however^ at a bud likely to furnish a good shoot for the fol- 

 lowing season. 



Fig. 193. 



Pyramidal Pear Tree of an inferior sort, cut back and regrafted 

 with, a good variety. 



Fig. 190 shows theoretically, first, the central stem A to 

 and its successive cuttings back, 1 to 12 ; secondly, the 



