1 36 THE APPLE CULTVRIST. 



How to Train a Fan-shaped Head. The true way is to 

 begin when the young tree commences the second year's 

 growth, by leaving one bud on the south side of the main 

 stem, say twenty inches above the surface of the ground for 

 a lateral branch ; then, nearly opposite of this branch, leave 

 another bud, on the north side ; and pinch off all others. 

 Then, about twenty inches apart, on both the south side and 

 the north side, leave buds to push out for branches, and en- 

 courage them to grow in the desired direction. If any buds 

 or twigs appear on the east or west sides of the upright 

 central stem, let them be removed. It is desirable that the 

 branches extend nearly north and south, that the fruit on 

 both sides of the tree may have the benefit of the sun more 

 uniformly than if the branches were trained east and west. 

 After the central stem has attained a height of six feet, it 

 should not be allowed to grow upward more than one foot 

 annually. After it has grown about a foot, pinch the ter- 

 minal bud, so as to check the upward growth, and make the 

 stem grow more stocky and strong. If any one of the lat- 

 eral branches should push out faster than those above or 

 below it, pinch the extremity, and keep the growth back, 

 so that the branches above and below it may have an equal 

 chance to spread. The branches will require attention ev- 

 ery week, for the purpose of maintaining a uniform growth. 

 After the lateral branches have begun to spread out, buds 

 will appear on them, a portion of which must be pinched 

 off. About six inches from the central stem, encourage a 

 bud to send up a fruit-spur, and so train upright shoots 

 six inches apart on the upper side of every lateral branch. 

 Great care must be exercised lest some of the branches 

 shoot outward or upward too rapidly. The entire space 

 between all the branches must be filled up with fruit-bear- 

 ing twigs. There will be a sufficient number of buds to 

 form an upright shoot, as often as is desirable, if the lateral 



