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If these treble cordons are planted two feet apart, 

 and three rods are allowed to each tree, laid in at six 

 inches apart, they will cover the whole wall much 

 sooner than can be done in any other manner. In the 

 first place, plant' strong maidens, cut these back to three 

 eyes at the base ; next get three good strong rods and 

 lay them in for permanent cordons the following season. 

 The next season every eye or bud will or should give a 

 shoot, and as soon as these have each made two or three 



FIG. 16 TREBLE CORDON OBLIQUE CHERRY, WINTER PRUNED. 



inches of growth, nip the point out, thus a fruit- spur 

 will soon be formed corresponding more or less with the 

 illustration above. If there is a tendency in the plants 

 to make more growth at the points of the leaders than 

 should be made, and which would draw too much 

 upon the laterals (which will be seen by the weakness 

 of the latter), nip the points out, this will induce the 

 laterals to make more growth, which is necessary till 



