Show F arru OIL u vy ARD adi Q es LOWE PRUNING PEAR ORCHARDS ilow how to I 1 pr latest imiri I tiecia v it stocky Ll nilia pear tre trees p s iiri ro it b bin inac in planted by the iho hun hundreds freds of thousands in many sections of the country ancl it is important that this alio best bert way to manage them should lie cnown tito oriental ork antil race of 0 pf par ar tree antl their b h brids brida if allowed to luo j I 1 im XI aa leg aw V VA 7 ay 01 ai A r t 4 i s 41 Z 0 o 0 o 1 32 JL 4 7 f af A pruned IF IE OTE PEAR their own way often run up tip like lombardy pop liiri these very van fall cices tices aie objection objectionable ablo in ili many ways and it is 13 merely a matter of yearly winter pruning n to tn briar brin them into dei desirable rable shape th the e majority of grower groer however do very little pruning frow froin fear of affecting the hie longevity of tile thy trees othel n pr practice topping the trees anni villy ili bronning with one vear olda cutting off ft tile the tops two or three feet from tin tile gron roand nil and every winter thereafter rv rr inov iiii two thirds third of the alie previous year s iirth from tile the top limbs 1 tin the trees coate ns into bearing at seven ears old this pruning la is lone done any time aati after r the full fall growel growth ceases and before the linds buds swell awell in the spring A georgia poni who grow pears extensively and who endorses indorses indor ses seo tho top pruning plan described tells in the alio american garden that lie ho sees only rl ill vantages in the practice with tho the lr lo conte and kieffer and aill other sorts that incline to shoot up till too fast and high tito garber and smiths hs hybrids havo the same saine habit of growth as tile le coute anil and kieffer Ki efTer fco bo also the chinese and japanese pears at the winter pruning aro always ways water bronts pron ts or interfering branches brac ches to tike take off but this aliis says the authority quoted should be done prudently dent lyas as the body and antl large limbs must not be too much exposed to the direct of the lie sun at the same saine time the stir nir and sunlight should be permitted to penetrate among the branches it ought to be borne in mind that this class of pear trees grafted on oil their own roots or grafted on other roots of the t ne savie same race grow taller than hijii they do when grafted ou on french cr crAme grown seedlings A 11 1 9 u I 1 ar a t g I 1 L e I 1 ss Z assy A A tor TOP PEAR TREE in the first fim t cut is shown tit an year old decoute le coute pear that has hall had but little prunine pru uin in the second is illustrated a top ll linniel runel le conte set out nut in 1895 i the inq oi is ill bli apen with its lop long ser scraggy aggy limbs the other handsome with its fine y rounded head bead and strong stocky brunches branches |