384 SOME SPECIFIC MODES OF TRAINING 



houses is limited, all growth must soon be pruned into fruit- 

 branches. 



"After the cherries are all gathered, the trees are plunged 

 outside in a sunny, sheltered place, and left there until 

 repotting time in October or November. Trees that have 

 been potted but one year seldom need larger pots at this 

 time, so two or three inches of the top soil in their pots is 

 taken out and replaced with fresh. Larger pots are given, 

 in after years, when these young trees become root-bound 

 and require them. Cherry trees ought to be repotted every 

 other year." 



Various forms of training pot -grown goose- 

 berries, as grown by James Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea, England, are shown in Figs. 248, 249, 

 250.* 



OTHER SPECIAL MODES OF TRAINING 



Plants are often trained so as to allow them to 

 be bent to the ground in the fall, and covered for 

 winter protection.t J. T. Macomber describes! 

 the training of peach trees for this purpose, and 

 I insert a part of the account as an example of 

 this kind of training. The tree "should be planted 

 where it is wanted to grow, and all branches must 

 be cut off, leaving the central shoot, upon which 

 allow only one bud to grow. The tree should be 

 visited every week or two, and all branches that 



"These cuts are used by courtesy of "The Gardeners' Chronicle," 

 where they appeared in the issue of July 31, 1897. 

 tSee "Principles of Fruit Growing", Chap. I. 

 t American Garden, "xi. 231. 



