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but equal in strength and regularly disposed, with bearing shoots trained between them 

 at proper distances for affording a regular supply of fruit yearly. Too often we find 

 the upper half of a wall covered with fruitful wood, the lower part very ill furnished, 

 thus rendering a considerable portion of space profitless. 



The young tree is mostly procured when it has been trained for one, two, or three 



k\ 



Fig. 17. ONE-YEAK-TKAINED TREE, WITH LEADER, STELLATE, AND FAN TEAININQ. 



References : U, one-year-trained tree : h, side shoots ; i, leader dotted lines indicate shoots the result of non- 

 pruning ; j, leaders ; k, subsidiary shoots ; I, bearing shoots. V, result of pruning the tree U at the bars, shown in 

 a " rider" tree : bars, points of shortening for stellate training ; w, shoots trained stellate ; n, shoots from leader 

 to fill up the centre. W, old English fan-trained tree result of cutting out the leader (i) and shortening the side 

 shoots (h) in Z7 to the bars ; bars in W, points of shortening. 



years in the nursery. A one-year- trained tree usually has three or five shoots ; one 

 with five is represented in the illustration, Fig. 17 U. 



The tree ( U) is not a true fan form, a fan having no leader, but a tree with five 

 shoots spread out evenly their full length and not shortened. In good soil such a tree 

 may make wonderful growth the first year and promise fruit the next ; extensions (/), 



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