. The fruit garden. Fruit-culture; Fruit trees. THE PEAR 131 severe given repaid. Manuring Pear Trees.—It is better to wait until a crop of fruits is set and duly thinned before giving stimulants, for if the trees fail to bear, too much grow^th results, and the proper balance between roots and branches is disturbed. The fruits upon trees of late sorts should be freely thinned and allowed to hang into November. Unless they are perfectly matured the fruits are harsh and woody, and never become fit for table use. These late sorts should be given warm positions, even south walls in cool districts.
. The fruit garden. Fruit-culture; Fruit trees. THE PEAR 131 severe given repaid. Manuring Pear Trees.—It is better to wait until a crop of fruits is set and duly thinned before giving stimulants, for if the trees fail to bear, too much grow^th results, and the proper balance between roots and branches is disturbed. The fruits upon trees of late sorts should be freely thinned and allowed to hang into November. Unless they are perfectly matured the fruits are harsh and woody, and never become fit for table use. These late sorts should be given warm positions, even south walls in cool districts. Orchard Culture.—It is seldom that pains are taken to thin the crop of pears in orchards, but much finer fruits can be obtained where the boughs are kept well apart by pruning in winter, and a few hours to thinning the fruits will be well If liquid manure or a mulch of long stable litter can be applied in June or July, and for the latest varieties until October, to those bearing a heavy crop the trees will benefit greatly. In planting pears we do not advise manure to be used too freely as this may force the trees to make gross growth, and thus lead to the loss of spurs and fruit buds. Many buds may become blind, and the joints of some sorts will be too far apart to clothe the trees with fruit spurs, so we prefer rather to rely on good, sound loam. It frequently occurs that where much manure is used the soil becomes too loose for the trees to root readily, and those on the Quince stock especi- ally will suflFer in a dry season and become stunted. Established pear trees flower very freely, and are liable to exhaust themselves by the profusion of blossoms, so that no fruit "; In varieties that do this (generally those which make the least growth) it is advis- able to go over the trees as soon as the buds are sufficiently forward and remove surplus clusters of flowers, those next to the wall, or where the clusters are so close to each other that it is evide
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