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bore four hundred and fifty fine large Pears, and has conti- 

 nued in a nourifhing ftate ever fince. The letters a, a, a, re- 

 prefent the fruit buds for the prefent year ; b, b, b, are thofe: 

 forming for next year; and c, c, c, the old footftalks thai 

 bore the fruit laft year : the fm all buds are beginning to form, 

 ■which produce fruit the fecond year ; and a| d, are the fore- 

 right fhoots as they appear before they are cut, which muft 

 be at e, clofe to a bud, and Hoping towards the wall as much- 

 as you can, leaving them as regular as poffible all over the: 

 tree ; you will then have a regular crop; of fruit. from the item 

 to the extremities of the branches : but if this be not obferved^ 

 you will have hardly any fruit next year. 



The following is the method which I purfue in, training; 

 trees that are cut near to the place where they were grafted.. 



Every year, in the month of March, 1 fhorten the leading 

 fhoot to a foot or eighteen inches, according to its ftrength ; 

 this fhoot will, if the tree be ftrong, grow from live to feven 

 feet long in one feafon ; and, if left to nature, would run up 

 without throwing out fide-fhoots. The reafon for thus fhort- 

 ening the leading fhoot is, to make it throw out fide-fhoots ; 

 and if it be done clofe to a bud,, it will frequently cover the 

 cut in one feafon, leaving only a cicatrix, as at fi f, f, in 

 Plate VIII. which fhew every year's growth and cicatrix- 

 When the fhoots are very ftrong, I cut the leading fhoot 

 twice in one feafon ;, by this method I get two fets of fide- 

 fhoots in one year, which enable me the fooner to cover 

 the wall. The fir ft cutting is performed any time during 

 the Spring, and the fecond about the middle of June. 



When you prune the trees, and cut the fore right fhoots, 

 which fliould be done in February or March, always cut 

 clofe to an eye or bud, obferving where you fee the greateft 

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