44 FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS 



Apple may be obtained as horizontal espaliers ; while Cherry, 

 Plum, Pear, Peach, and Nectarine are commonly grown as 

 fan-shaped trees. 



An economical method of planting a wall with fruit trees 

 is to arrange tall-stemmed standards between fan-trained trees. 

 Thus the former will furnish the upper part of the wall, while 

 the latter fill the lower part. As, in due course, the fan-trained 

 trees increase in height, the standards are removed to make 

 room for them. The standards must therefore be planted 

 with the view of utilising the upper wall space until the lower 

 trees shall need it. 





