332 



THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF RARIS. [Chap. XX. 



over walks and bowers, and altogether the garden would well 

 repay a visit by anybody visiting Paris who wishes to see what 



may be done with fruit-trees 

 by an amateur. 



SuiSNES (Brie-Comte- 

 Kobert). — The nursery of 

 M. Cochet here is an inter- 

 esting one for the fruit- 

 grower. Apples, on the 

 horizontal-cordon system, 

 are planted in large 

 numbers in places formerly 

 only occupied by high box- 

 edgings. They were among 

 the best cordons I have 

 seen in France, some bear- 

 ing as much fruit as they 

 seemed able properly to 

 develop ; yet M. Cochet 

 considered it a very thin 

 crop, and said they fre- 

 quently have them almost 



i 



/'/ii/i o/ Espalier in preceding Jigiii 

 at corner of line. 



as thick as they can stand along the line. Several walks 

 are margined here with two instead of one line of cordons, the 

 inner line being about three inches higher than the outer one. Of 



