LIST OF 1 [.LUSTRATIONS. 



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Pear Triomphe Je Jotlniirne, iu Palmotte 



form . . . . .3-28 



Plan of Fruit-garJen for the North of 

 France .... 329 



Pear - tree grown by M. Croux, of 

 Sceaux ..... 330 



Pear-tree with horizontal branches . 331 



Mode of supporting stake for trees 

 trained as shown in the preceding 

 figure 331 



View of Espalier Pear-trees and lines 

 of Apples trained as Cordons in gar- 

 den at Brunoj .... 332 



Plan of Espalier in preceding figure at 

 corner of line .... 332 



Pear-tree in Columnar form . . 333 



Portion of Self-supporting Espalier of 

 Pear-trees 334 



Stake for fixing the wires in the ground 334- 



Espaliers of Pear - trees with the 

 branches grafted by approach . . 335 



Specimen of fontastic training in Garden 

 at Bi-unoy ..... 336 



Pear-tree trained in the Balloon form, 

 ten feet high . . . .337 



Pear-tree in Balloon form, seventeen 

 feet high and six feet iu diameter . 338 



Plan of Pear-tree in Balloon form . 338 



Crossed and Self-supporting Espalier 

 Pear-trees at Saulsaie . . . 342 



Pear-tree with the branches trained in 

 lines exactly above each other, and 

 all the points united by grafting . 349 



Fantastic training in forming name . 350 



A Spur-pruned Peach-tree . .351 



Early Spring Aspect of a portion of 

 Peach-wall in garden at Montreuil . 352 



Espalier-training at Montreuil . . 353 



Espalier-training at ]MontreuiI. Tiie 

 Montreuil Fan .... 354 



Small Wooden Coping used to protect 



young Peach-trees iu Spring . . 354 



Second Pruning of Fruiting Peach- 

 branch ..... 355 



Mode of preserving the Lower Part of 

 the Stems from the Sun . . 356 



Fruiting Branch of Peach submitted to 

 the third year's pruning . . 357 



Pruning to replace old fruit-spur . 358 



Itesult of the preceding operation . 358 



Spring aspect of Fruit-garden formed 

 in North Germany by M. Lepere 

 fils 359 



Mode of Pruning to cover bare spaces 

 on the branches of Peach-trees, first 

 year ...... 360 



Piesult of preceding operation, second 

 year ...... 360 



Summer miinagcmont of tlio reach . .■>61 



Shoot of Peach without Fruit 

 Peach-tree trained horizontally : aspect 

 before Pruning .... 

 Disbudding of the Peach, second year . 

 Disbudding of the Peach, second year , 

 Grafting by approach to furnish bare 

 spaces on the main branches of the 

 Peach-tree ..... 

 I Multiple Grafting by approach, to fur- 

 nish bare spaces on the stems of 

 Peach-trees .... 



Details of the preceding Figures 

 Peach-tree in the double U form 

 Peach trained in the double U form, 

 with the points of the branches 

 united by grafting 

 Branch of Fig-tree bearing the Figs 

 formed during the preceding year . 

 ' Fig-tree growing on level ground, 

 j with the branches grouped in four 



[ sets 



Fig-tree with the branches trained in 

 two sets ..... 

 I Showing the Mode of burying the Fig- 

 trees cultivated on level ground, to 

 preserve them from being destroyed 

 [ by frost in winter 

 ' Fig-tree planted on slo])ing earth buried 

 for the winter months . 

 Fig-tree planted on sloping ground, 

 with earth basin on lower side to 

 I better retain the water . 

 j Section showing Fig-tree planted on 

 j inclined ground, with earth basin to 

 retain the water .... 

 Stem of Fig the sixth year after plant- 

 I ing . . . ■ . 



j Fig-branch with young Figs 



Branch of Fig-tree after the gathering 

 I of the croj) ..... 

 Branch of Fig-tree after the gathering 

 ; of the crop ..... 

 ' The Chasselas de Fontainebleau . 

 t Wall of Chasselas at Thomery, showing 

 : the Vines trained as Horizontal 

 Cordons ..... 

 Low Double Espalier, and Mode of Pro- 

 tecting the Vines in Spring 

 I Section of top of wall at Thomery, 

 showing the projection of the tem- 

 1 porary coping .... 

 j Pruning to obtain the two arms of 

 Cordon .... 

 Sulphur Distributor employed 



Thomery .... 

 Low Espalier of Vines trained vortical! 



four feet high 

 Layer of Vine raised and planted 

 basket .... 



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