APPLES TRAINING. 



channels. The stem may be brought down to the horizontal position, as indicated by 

 the dotted lines, when the buds commence swelling. 



The spring after planting shoots will grow from the stem ; all of these to the 

 height of the training wire should be rubbed off, a strong leading shoot from the upper 

 part being trained forward diagonally, (g) and all others, making five or six joints of 

 wood, pinched to three or four leaves, as shown by the bars in H and /. Exception must 

 be made of a shoot in rubbing off those on the stem, when the tree is near the end of 

 the wire (/), selection being made of one well disposed for training in the direction of 

 the terminal post, but training it upwards (h) until the end of summer, when the 



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Fig. 13. SINGLE VERTICAL COBDON TRAINING. RESULTS nr DBPEESSION. 



References :A, pruned maiden tree. B, tree in leaf, second year. C, same tree, pruned in the autumn. 1\ 

 fruiting tree, third year. E, trees planted 18 inches apart, for depressing diagonally so as to be 1 foot between 

 branches. F, trees showing difference. (See pages 24 and 25.) 



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trees are to have their proper position, as shown in the figures. At the winter pruning 

 the continuation shoot is shortened one-third of its length, cutting at the bar, 

 whilst the terminal shoot (') merely has the point cut off near the post. Stopped sido 

 shoots are at the same time cut back to the nearest good bud of the base of each stem. 



In the September of the third year's training the trees will have grown and overlap 

 the space allotted to each, 6 feet, as shown in J and K. The extension shoot of the 

 former, where it overlaps the latter, should be grafted on it the following spring, 

 whereby a continuous cordon line of trees will be secured. 



Single Vertical and Diagonal Cordons (Fig. 13). A is a rather weak but clean healthy 



