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wall, it is absolutely a' rich fruit. Being a free 

 grower and good bearer, like the morella cherry, it 

 is thrust into the worst soils and situations, often 

 very undeservedly. It cuts a good figure in a well 

 set out dessert, and makes an excellent preserve. 



7. Orleans.-^ A pretty good, middle-sized, reddish 

 plum ; a free grower, and a great bearer. 



8. Blue Perdrigon. — A very good middle-sized, 

 high-flavoured fruit ; but not a very great bearer, 

 unless in a loamy soil. 



9. Bidlace. — Of this there are two sorts, the 

 white and the black ; the latter is most esteemed. 

 It is a standard or espalier plum, very fit for baking, 

 and a great bearer. 



Of the distances at 'which to plant Wall a?id Espalier 



Trees. 



The following are the distances at which the dif- 

 ferent kinds of fruit-trees may be planted on gar- 

 den-w^alls ; taking the medium height at twelve feet, 

 and varying the distance accordingly; that is, for 

 a low wall, the more distant ; and for a high wall, 

 the less; 



Apples, eighteen or twenty feet ; apricots, twen- 

 ty to twenty-four ; figs, fifteen or eighteen ; cher- 

 ries, twelve or fifteen ; nectarines and peaches, 

 twelve or fifteen; pears, twenty-four to thirty; and 

 plums, eighteen or twenty feet. 



For espaliers, or low walls of five or six feet :— 

 Apples, thirty ; cherries, twenty ; pears, thirty to 

 thirty-five ; and plums, twenty to twenty-four feet. 



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