Archive image from page 8 of Descriptive catalogue of trees and. Descriptive catalogue of trees and plants descriptivecatal1875walw Year: 1875 CATALOGUE OF TREES AND PLANTS. 7 PEUiNLNG DWAEF PEAE TEEES, [COPTEIGHT SECUKED.] In response to a vast number of in- quiries from interested persons as to the mode of Pruning Dwarf Pear Trees, and to enable me to furnish a conve- nient and ready reply to those who shall make such inquiry. I will here give some specific directions in reference thereto, which, if well followed, it is believed will enable persons without practical experience, to wholly
Archive image from page 8 of Descriptive catalogue of trees and. Descriptive catalogue of trees and plants descriptivecatal1875walw Year: 1875 CATALOGUE OF TREES AND PLANTS. 7 PEUiNLNG DWAEF PEAE TEEES, [COPTEIGHT SECUKED.] In response to a vast number of in- quiries from interested persons as to the mode of Pruning Dwarf Pear Trees, and to enable me to furnish a conve- nient and ready reply to those who shall make such inquiry. I will here give some specific directions in reference thereto, which, if well followed, it is believed will enable persons without practical experience, to wholly avoid the principal cause of a large share of the failures of Dwarfs, viz.: a want of thorough pruning. Experience has convinced me, that with good trees, of well chosen varieties, on any good land which is never too wet, and with the culture a good farmer gives his other crops, and the important—nay more, the in- dispensable requisite to success—thorough pruning, no one need fail of attaining a degree of success highly satisfactory and profitable. A Dwarf Pear Tree should never be planted at one year old. A good one year old tree consists of a single upright shoot or stem, from three and one-half to five feet high, and should be cut oflp at about two feet from the ground;and in order to give a smooth, handsome stem or trunk, let the buds be rubbed ofi, to the height of one foot from the ground, leaving on the upper portion six to nine buds, more or less; with the tree standing in its original position in full vigor, and cut back, as above stated, each one of these buds will throw out a good strong branch, which gives a full, round distaflf form to the tree, and is the time and manner, and the only time when that desirable shape can be given, on which the future form of sym- metry and beauty so much depends; and to avoid what is termed a crotched or forked top-tree, in which the two uppermost branches are about of equal vigor and height, let the second branch from the top
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