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SUSETTE DE BAVAY. 
officer of Napoleon's army, avIio took up, when war had exhausted 
its powers, the peaceable occupation of propagator of seedling 
fruit-trees, and better serving his country and mankind. 
The eye of this Pear is placed in a small, narrow, plaited de- 
pression ; and its short stem in a narrow cavity. In colour it 
is of golden yellow, much beset with mssetty specks, and some- 
times its surface wholly covei'ed by a smooth cinnamon msset. 
Its flesh is whitish, somewhat coarse-grained, half-melting, juicy, 
sweet, and grateful to the palate ; being tempered with a plea- 
sant slight acid, and agreeable flavour. Our drawing was made 
in February, but from the exposure, packing, and travelling of 
the fruit, no fair chance was afforded us of testing how long it 
would have kept under favourable circumstances. 
The month of June is one that calls for the active attention of 
the fruit grower. The horticulturists of fomier days used the 
knife freely, but conceived it to be suitable only to winter use. 
With the modems it has become an endeavour to prevent, as 
much as is possible, necessity for its use at any season. By nib- 
bing off superfluous buds, in the early part of the summer ; by 
nipping off the points of luxuriant shoots, and repeating this 
at intervals, throughout the summer, as occasion requires; and 
by taking out nearly all that is useless whilst veiy young, little 
work remains for the pruning knife during winter ; whilst the 
vegetative powers of the tree are directed to the extension of 
useful parts, instead of their being spent on superfluous wood, 
that necessarily must to be cut away in winter. 
Now that the young shoots of Pear-trees are five or six joints 
long,, begin the reduction of all laterals that are not required for 
the extension of the tree, to four joints ; crowded or superfluous 
ones take completely away, or reduce to an eye or two. Observe, 
that as trees grow most freely at the top, and often become bare 
towards the base, this habit may be con'ected by shortening the 
young shoots of one-third of the tree, from the top, early in June. 
In a week afterwards, do the same with the centre third-part ; 
and, at the end of another week, perform the same operation on 
the lower third-part. This gradual restricting of the sap to the 
lower portion of the tree will there impel an increased growth. 
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