AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
Training—continued. 
obtain good specimens it is necessary to adopt a con- 
siderable system of Training in the early stages, by tying 
branches to fill up blanks, depressing the points of 
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Fic. 81. PYRAMID TRAINING, WITH BRANCHES BENT DOWNWARDS. 
Vigorous shoots, and encouraging weaker ones to grow 
more freely. When Pyramids are inclined to grow 
Fig. 82. BUSH TRAINING. 
Training— continued. 
unduly strong, and make long shoots in place of fruiting 
spurs, a method of tying or bending down the points of — 
the branches may be practised with advantage, on some 
of the strongest only, if this is considered sufficient. The 
ray 
pay 
omg ay 
Fic. 83, STANDARD TREE. ee 
tree would then appear as in Fig. 81, a habit which is — 
sometimes naturally assumed by large pyramid Pear-trees 
of some varieties. Bush trees are practically Pyramids 
with the leader taken out; they need but little in the 
: - ‘Fie. 84. HALF-STANDARD TREE. 
thinning to prevent overcrowding. 
of Apples and Pears, the 
orked on the Paradise-stock, and the latter on 
