PEAR TREES FOR "WALLS. 



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fruit enough of one sort. This method offers a strong 

 contrast to espaliers on pear stocks, planted in the 

 usual manner, twenty-four feet apart, and trained hori- 

 zontally ; nearly five trees for one will give so many 



A VERTICAL CORDON PEAR TREE. 



Fig. 6. 



additional chances to the pear cultivator ; the single 

 tree may fail, or its fruit may become imperfect, ow- 

 ing to an adverse season ; but out of his five trees, he 

 will in every season stand a good chance of having some 

 good pears. A few words will suffice for their man- 

 agement: summer pinching of the shoots to three 

 leaves all through the summer as recommended for 

 pyramids (page 8), and root pruning, or biennial re- 



