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only 9 inches asunder. This is fatal to successful cropping, as the trees have not 

 sufficient light and air through the crowded growths. What is gained in length is lost 

 in breadth, so that trees trained with the branches at equal distances have an identity of 

 fruiting surface whether trained upright or diagonally. If the trees (E t page 23) are 

 planted 18 inches asunder it admits of 1 foot between the lines when brought down to the 

 diagonal position, or an increase in length of 2 feet each, but a decrease of 6 inches 

 between the branches. This holds good in all diagonal training, a geometrical term 

 indicating a line extending from one angle to another of a quadrilateral figure, and 



Fig. 14. SINGLE DIAGONAL COEDON TRAINING. (Scale: inch=l foot.) 



References :G, terminal tree. 7/, maiden tree, pruned. /, tree in second year of growth. J, same tree, pruned 

 in the autumn. K, tree In i'ruit, third year. 



dividing a square into two equal parts, the perpendicular and base line being equal, 

 consequently the angle is 45. Oblique training differs from the diagonal in that the 

 line of branches may be at any angle, but decreasing the width between the branches as 

 they are elevated from a horizontal, or depressed from an upright position. Diagonal is 

 a definite term, oblique indefinite, meaning any deviation from a right line, not direct, 

 not perpendicular, not parallel, but, in plain English, aslant. 



Single Diagonal Cordons. Trees trained in this form (Fig. 14) have the sap more 

 equalised than in the upright, consequently have more vigour imparted to the lower parts 



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