TREES IN POTS 



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apples and pears, also columnar pyramids, may be used. 

 Grapes cultivated in pots are trained to so-called spiral 

 cordons, which have a corkscrew -like, twisted stem car- 

 ried on three stakes. 



"PRELIMINARY TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST YEAR, OF A TREE 

 DESTINED FOR POT - CULTURE. Peaches and other fruits can 



245. Pot-grown apple 

 in full bearing. 



246. Pot tree in 

 July of its sec- 

 ond year. 



247. Showing 



how the tree is to 



be pruned. 



be prepared for pot culture in their first year. If we have 

 personally budded our trees, we pinch off the tip of the 

 young shoot which appears in early summer, according to 

 its strong or weak development, when it has grown to a 



