CiiAP. XVIL] THE SCHOOL OF HOllTICULTURE AT VERSAILLES. 269 



year, are to Le found iu every good establishment, whether for 

 Peach, Grape, or other wall-fruit culture. The Easter Beurre may 

 be seen here double-worked on the Cure. The Cure is first grafted 

 on the Quince and allowed to form five vertical branches ^.,,i 

 before it is budded. The Easter Beurre is found to do 

 best when double-grafted, though the trees ^„«" 

 directly on the Quince and Pear seem to do 

 well. The bare parts of the stems of 

 Iruit-trees in this garden are iu 

 many cases protected from 

 injury frcm a strong 

 sun by being -: 

 neatly co- 

 vered 



WALL OF PEACH-TREES 



Engraved from a photograph taken in Apru i 877 'j J:i,',s LcuirrJ. > . sk^wmj^ :!ij tic-.s -ehcu in 

 flo^ver and he/ore the young shoots begin to cover the surface between tite erect branches. 'J he trees 

 are protected from frost during the flowering season by straw mats temporarily fixed on the top 

 of the wall. Tliese trees, having x'ertical slwots, are quickly and easily formed. Tlu ivall is 

 perfectly co^'ered with tlie trees as shenvn in the engraving, in which no alteration from the 

 photograph wlutiever his been tuade. — 'J'/tese Peach-trees are trained in tlu Uform with x>ertical 

 branches, and arc about seventeen years old. The sorts are the Crosse Mignonne, Madeleine 

 Rouge de Conrtpy, Belle Bcausse. The wall is about thirteen feet high, and faces the 7vest. The 

 trees took only sir years to cover tlu wall. Each tree produced from 150 to 10a Peaches wlun in 

 full bearing, hut after this figure had been reaclud the yield was reduced to 150, or even 120, tlu 

 fruit becoming better in ijuality as they bciame less numerous. 



