394 PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. 



The greatest attention is paid to the proper and neat 

 pinching and pruning of the shoots^ as shown by the 

 following figures : — 



Fig. 202. Fia. 203. Fia. 204. 



Proper mode of cutting shoot. Shoot cut too long. Shoot cut too low. 



Fig. 205. Fig. 206. Fig. 207. 



Young shoot of Pear pro- Shoot of Pear pinched Result of over-pinching, 

 perly pinched at about too short, 



four inches from the base. 



Fig. 208. Fig. 209. Fig. 210. 



Another result of over- Pinching of the bourgeon The stipulary shoots forced into 

 pinching. anticipe, or second growth by the remoyal of the 



growth of the Pear. principal shoot, A. 



