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MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN, 



SIC, ETC. 



PYRAMIDAL PEAR TREES ON THE QUINCE STOCK. 



There is no description of fruit tree more interest- 

 ing to cultivate in our gardens than the pyramid — a 

 name adopted from the French, the originators of this 

 species of culture. The word conical would, perhaps, 

 convey a better idea of the shape of such trees, but as 

 pyramidal trees are now becoming familiar things in 

 English gardens, it is scarcely worth while to attempt 

 to give a new name to these very pretty garden trees. 



For gardens with a moderately deep and fertile soil, 

 pears budded on the quince stock will be found to 

 make by far the most fruitful and quick-bearing trees ; 

 indeed, if prepared by one or two removals, their roots 

 become a perfect mass of fibers, and their stems and 

 branches full of blossom-buds. Trees of this descrip- 

 tion may be planted in the autumn, with the certainty 

 of having a crop of fruit the first season after plant- 

 ing, — always recollecting that a spring frost may de- 

 stroy the blossoms unless the trees are protected. It 

 must always be recollected that pears on quince 

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