. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. PYRAMID PEAR TREES. HE Pyramid or cone form of training pear trees, where they stand alone or in a small garden, is a very ornamental one and at the same time calculated to secure a good crop. A strong pyramid, well pruned, symmetrical and thriving, is certainly a hand- some object. Like the dwarf or fan form the pyramid requires more or less annual pruning. One must of course begin with a young tree that has branches to the ground. Do not expect too vigorous a growth ; from five to seven main branches a year are a
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. PYRAMID PEAR TREES. HE Pyramid or cone form of training pear trees, where they stand alone or in a small garden, is a very ornamental one and at the same time calculated to secure a good crop. A strong pyramid, well pruned, symmetrical and thriving, is certainly a hand- some object. Like the dwarf or fan form the pyramid requires more or less annual pruning. One must of course begin with a young tree that has branches to the ground. Do not expect too vigorous a growth ; from five to seven main branches a year are all that should be allowed. When laying out the branches for the next year's growth, it is as well to prune close to the bud which is to continue the growth, leaving a small spur attached to tie the growing shoot to in order that it may grow in the proper direction. Or it might do to cut the branch three or four inches above the bud, removing all buds on it, and tie the growing shoot to this spur, which may afterward be taken off. It is a mistake to prune strong- growing much, and it is equal- ly wrong to allow the lateral branches to grow too long. Therefore it will be best in pruning to use a judicious moder- ation and keep the tree properly balanced. A well-proportioned pyramid should have a diameter about two-thirds of its height. ,v ?£Vfh If a tree of the proper age fails to bear, it ^^v;-J may, if well proportioned, be left unpruned .• .v^ for two or three years. A circular incision rWj? of the bark about one-half inch wide at the base and kept open may be tried, or even root-pruning resorted to, to bring it into bearing. The illustrations give a good general idea of a pyramid pear tree after winter pruning, also one in fruit.— Fig. ."»08.—Dwarf Pear Tree in Fruit. Farm and Home. Fie. 507— rt> One of the strangest things in this world is that the use of tobacco should have become so general. It has never been rationally
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