54 THE FORCING GARDEN. 
will maintain their character as fruit bearers for many 
years. This characteristic is perhaps more especially 
a feature of the Cherry than of any other fruit tree ; for 
when once the spur is formed, and that is quickly done, 
it will be maintained, I might almost say, as long as 
the tree shall live. Iam referring particularly to the 
wall or pot-Cherry, and more especially to the ‘ cordon 
trained’ tree. 
The Cherry is especially adapted for the ‘ cordon,’ 
more so than any other class of fruit tree ; for when the 
treble cordon (which I consider the best form for 
wall Cherries) is planted two feet apart, and trained 
‘oblique ‘against the sun, it may be maintained per- 
petually for years with much less trouble than in the 
case of any other fruit tree. ‘Treble cordon’ I recom- 
mend for the Cherry on walls either indoors or out, and 
trained oblique at an angle of 45° and against the sun. 
My motive for this will be obvious: all fruit trees, in 
fact all trees, have a tendency to make more growth 
towards the sun, and in the case of fruit trees that are 
trained on walls, we always find that they will make 
the strongest growth at the extremities; and if these 
cordon-trained trees, whether Peaches, Plums, Pears 
or Cherries, are trained with the sun, they will naturally 
have a greater tendency to make growth at the points, 
rather than below, on that very account. The sun draws 
the sap towards itself; but if the tree, whatever it may 
be, is trained contrary to the course of the sun, then 
there will be some powerful influence to induce the 
tree to make growth more regularly over the lower 
parts of the tree, especially with oblique cordons. 
Three rods may be allowed to each tree as in the 
illustration. 
