346 TRAINING. 



A full account of the cordon system as applied to other trees will be 

 found in the * Parks, Promenades, and Gardens of Paris,' from which 

 the above extract is taken. The wire and implements necessary for 

 making the supports of these cordons, and also for erecting the neat, 

 permanent, and cheap trellises shown in fig. 325 may be had from 

 Messrs. J. B. Brown and Co., of 90, Cannon Street, E.G., and are 

 described and figured in the catalogue of that firm." 



The varieties of apples to be grown on the cordon system should be 

 most carefully chosen. As the system is chiefly valuable for the pro- 

 duction of superb dessert fruit, only the finest kinds should be selected; 

 but, as some apples are of high value both for kitchen and dessert, some 

 of the finer kitchen apples are included in the following list. All the fol- 

 lowing will be found very suitable : Reinette du Canada, Reinette du 

 Canada Grise, Reinette Grise, Reinette de Caux, Reinette d'Espagne, 

 Reinette tres Tardive, Belle Dubois, Pomme d'Api, Mela Carla, Cal- 

 ville St. Sauveur, Coe's Golden Drop, Newtown Pippin, Calville 

 Blanc, Northern Spy, The Melon, Cox's Orange Pippin, Duke of 

 Devonshire, Kerry Pippin, Lodgemore Nonpareil, White Nonpareil, 

 The Mother, Early Harvest, Lord Burleigh, Beauty of Kent, Bedford- 

 shire Foundling, Lord Suffield, Cox's Pomona, Hawthornden, Tower 

 of Glammis, Winter Hawthornden, Betty Geeson, and Small's Admi- 

 rable. Some of the best of the above are valuable keeping apples. 

 The Reinette Grise is in fine condition in the markets at Rouen in 

 June, and Reinette tres Tardive is good in July. Those who wish to 

 plant good early apples might try Borovitsky, and a few of the best 

 early kinds ; but it is best to devote most of our horizontal cordons to 

 the growth of the finer, later, and most valuable fruits. Of the above 

 selection, Calville Blanc, Reinette du Canada, and Mela Carla must be 

 grown on a warm wall; Newtown Pippin, The Mother, Melon, and 

 several of the other later and finer apples will also be grateful for the 

 same protection. 



Instruments and Materials. In addition to those required for train- 

 ing in general, we may add for training against walls and trellises a 

 pair of scissors for clipping the shreds; a hammer, with a shaft of 

 sufficient length, that when hung on one round of the ladder by the 

 head, the other may rest on the round below, so as not to fall 

 Fig. 327. through ; a leather wallet or basket, fig. 327, about twelve 

 inches long, six inches broad, and six inches deep, with 

 loops to put a belt through on one side, that it may hang 

 before the operator, having the side on which the loops are 

 made bending, to rest the better against his body, and a 

 Trainer's division in the middle for two different sorts of shreds ; 

 basket. a deal plank to tread upon, with a strap at each end 

 to drag it along either way, or to lift it with one hand ; 

 a small pair of pincers for drawing out nails in places where the 

 hammer cannot be so conveniently employed, and a pair of pliers, 

 if wire is used as ties, the raidisseur, secateur, and sundry other 

 instruments and materials already described; a narrow saw for 

 taking off old branches; a mallet, and a chisel about two inches 



