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Garden Work 
THE PEAR 
The Pear is grown in most gardens, and is easy ol 
cultivation. It succeeds moderately well on almost any 
fairly good garden soil, though a deep, good, loamy soil 
is best suited for its growth. It does not succeed well 
on a heavy clay, unless the soil has been well drained 
and improved by trenching, &c. 
It is generally propagated by 
budding or grafting, and may be 
grown as bush, standard, pyramid, 
or wall trees. The finest fruits are 
naturally to be looked for from wall 
trees, where the border has been well 
prepared for them, and where the 
wood can be thoroughly ripened by 
plenty of sunshine, and the extra heat 
absorbed and given out again by the 
wall. 
The Pear fruits entirely on spurs which are formed on 
wood a year or more old. The formation of these spurs 
should therefore be encouraged. 
Starting with the maiden tree, the main shoot should 
be cut back to 8 or io in. from its base, and three shoots 
allowed to grow up. The following year these should be 
cut down to within 6 or 8 in. of their base, and two shoots 
trained upwards. This should form the foundation of 
the bush tree. The future pruning will consist in cutting 
out all weak and unnecessary shoots, and leaving new 
leaders as the tree grows and spreads outwards. 
P"or pyramids, the young shoot should be again cut 
