. The book of the garden. Gardening. THE PEAR. 451 ing the trees, " It is the most simple of all methods of root-pruning : it consists of merely- digging a trench round the tree early in Novem- ber, and lifting it out of the ground carefully, with all the earth possible attached to the roots, shortening with the knife any that are strag- gling. If the soil be rich, so that trees unre- mOTed are inclined to grow too vigorously, no fresh compost will be required, and it will merely be necessary to shovel into the hole some of the earth from the surface around it to 2 or 3 inches in depth; t
. The book of the garden. Gardening. THE PEAR. 451 ing the trees, " It is the most simple of all methods of root-pruning : it consists of merely- digging a trench round the tree early in Novem- ber, and lifting it out of the ground carefully, with all the earth possible attached to the roots, shortening with the knife any that are strag- gling. If the soil be rich, so that trees unre- mOTed are inclined to grow too vigorously, no fresh compost will be required, and it will merely be necessary to shovel into the hole some of the earth from the surface around it to 2 or 3 inches in depth; this wiU prevent the tree settling dovpn too deeply. If the soil be poor, some rotten dung, at least six months old, and loam, or any light earth, equal parts, or moor earth, may be placed at the bottom in the same manner, and some of the same compost, say half a wheelbarrowful to each tree, may be thrown over its roots when replanting ; The following treatment he finds equally beneficial to the pear, whether on the pear or quince stock: " In low situations,- near brooks and rivers, a black moor earth is generally found. This un- prepared is unfit for horticultural purposes, but if dug out and laid in a ridge, and one-eighth part of unslacked lime spread over it, turning it immediately and mixing the lime with it, it -will become in the course of five or six weeks an excellent compost for pear trees. I have," he says, " in some instances added half a bushel of burnt earth to a barrowful of this moor earth with good effect: in planting, one wheelbarrow- ful to a tree will be enough. The only method to cultivate successfully pyramidal pears, on Fig. SIZES 09 PEARS. fl latge (Beuri-6 Diel); b medium (White Doyenne); c small (Seckel). a Fig. 195. F0BM5 OF PEAKS. o pyrifoMn J b obovate ; e turbinate i d Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and app
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