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other works on fruit culture. A trellis is built about 

 eight feet high, by nailing a strong top and bottom rail 

 to posts, which should be about eight feet apart. Slats 

 of inch stuff are put on between the two rails at an 

 angle of thirty degrees. These are fastened on with 

 screws, as, when the trees have reached the top, the slats 

 are to be brought down to forty-five degrees ; and they 

 should be long enough to allow for doing this. Young 

 trees are set in an inclined position in a line with these 

 slats, which are three feet apart. Each tree is cut back 

 to a few buds, and one shoot allowed to grow from the 



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strongest bud, all the others beins^ removed. This shoot, 

 as it grows, is kept tied to the slat, and when it throws 

 out side shoots, as it soon will, they are pinched back to 

 three or four leaves, whenever the shoot is sufficiently 

 developed to allow the number of the leaves to Be seen. 

 By growing in this inclined position, and by pinching 

 every shoot back to three or four leaves, the tree is 

 dwarfed and made to bear early, and, when properly 

 managed, forms a perfect cordon or garland, with fruit 



