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Fig. 122.— (P. 439.) 



fruitfulness is increased if the branches 

 are fastened down, so that their points 

 are below the level of their bases. 



The shoots of the current year are 

 bent down when fully grown, about the 

 end of July, and fixed in a pendent 

 position by shreds of bass ; m the course 

 of the winter, these shreds are removed 

 to admit of pruning;, when the shoots 

 are found to have taken a set ; in the 

 course of the summer, such as grow 

 vigorously are again tied, the object 

 being to check the vigour of the young 

 shoots, and by impeding the return of 

 the sap, to cause it to expend itself in 

 these young shoots in the formation of 

 blossom buds. — Card. Mag. See 

 QuenouiUe. 



Culture of Wail Trees.— The follow- 

 ing are the best directions that have i 



been given on this subject: — "Plant 

 the trees against the wall, fifteen feet 

 from each other. If they have three 

 shoots properly placed, they may all be 

 retained. If only one strong healthy 

 shoot, in the spring the first tree is to 

 be headed down within nine inches 

 high, the next to that one foot nine 

 inches, and so on alternately, till you 

 get to the other end of the wall. 



" In the summer, train three shoots 

 from the three uppermost eyes of each 

 tree, rubbing off all the rest. Nail in 

 one to the right, one to the left, and the 

 other perpendicularly. The two side 

 branches should not be trained in a 

 horizontal position till the second year. 

 In the following winter, the centre 

 shoot of each is to be cut off two feet 

 above the first pair of lateral branches. 



