. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. DUCHESS AND TYSON PEAKS. ened in to form a pyramid toward the top. The dwarf pear needs very close cutting back every spring, and if one- half to two-thirds of all young shoots be cut off at that time it is not too much. Our English friends understand this art of cutting back to perfection, and tluir. Fig. lOTG—Tyson Pear. trees are models to us in this regard. As a rule the dwarf pear is rather in- tended for the garden of the amateur than for the commercial orchard ; it seldom lives more than twenty years and it
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. DUCHESS AND TYSON PEAKS. ened in to form a pyramid toward the top. The dwarf pear needs very close cutting back every spring, and if one- half to two-thirds of all young shoots be cut off at that time it is not too much. Our English friends understand this art of cutting back to perfection, and tluir. Fig. lOTG—Tyson Pear. trees are models to us in this regard. As a rule the dwarf pear is rather in- tended for the garden of the amateur than for the commercial orchard ; it seldom lives more than twenty years and it dies about the age at which a standard is reaching its best days. The Tyson pear tree on the other hand is almost always grown as a standard We have some immense trees of this variety at " Maplehurst," some thirty years planted, and they ex- ceed others of the same age in size and vigor, not even excepting the Buffam. It has the merit of never suffering from blight, so far as we are acquaint- ed with it, it is also a very healthy grower, but rather late in bearing fruit. The fruit is medium size, good quality, but not very attractive in ap- pearance, and therefore it brings a very, ordinary price in the market. It ripens about the ist of September. The tree originated in Pennsylvania. NKW PORTABLE STEP LADDER. ^\'I;R\' new patfiit that helps to lighten labor, and facilitate the [profitable [)ursuit of any enter- prise, deserves encouragement, and, therefore, we do not hesitate to gi\e place to an engra\ing showing this ladder as it appears when set up. Mr. Harvey- Bowman, of Forgy, Ohio, is the inventor, and E. F. I^indis, Model CitS', N. V., the introducer of it, and it has been recently patented in both the United States and Canada. We find the ladder very easy to handle, and it can be wheeled with ease from place to ]jlace, being little heavier than an ordinary wheel-barrow. It is always in sha[)e. and one can carry along the half filled from tree to tree
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