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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. I am 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. 6 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. 



