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forms, but the fan, as it is termed, is the best adapted to 

 the peach. It consists of two main branches or divisions 

 of the stem, spread out in the form of a Y; each of these 

 bears a certain number, as many as may be necessary 

 to fill the trellis, of secondary branches, and these furnish 

 the bearing wood. The production and management of 

 this and other espalier forms will be treated fully under 

 the head of pruning and training. 



The Apricot and Nectarine. The remarks applied to 

 the peach apply with equal force to both these trees ; 

 they succeed equally well as low standards or as espal- 

 iers or cordons. The apricot is more generally grown in 

 these forms than any other tree, because its early blossoms 

 are so easily protected, and the cnrculio does not appear 

 to be so troublesome to it as in the standard form. 



The Quince, in the garden, should either be a dwarf 

 bush, with a stem twelve to eighteen inches high, and a 

 compact, symmetrical head, or a pyramid. In the latter 

 form it is quite easily trained, but requires more care, 

 of course, than as a bush, as the upper part of the tree 

 must always be kept subordinate to the lower, and this 

 requires regular and constant attention. No fruit tree 

 is more neglected than the quince, and yet it is a profita- 

 ble and most beautiful tree, either in blossom or fruit. 

 It well repays the care required to keep it in proper 

 shape. 



TJie Filbert. The remarks on the quince may be ap- 

 plied with equal propriety to the filbert, as regards form. 

 The bush, branched from the ground, and the low stand- 

 ards^ with two-foot stems, are the ordinary forms ; but in 

 some of the French gardens it is conducted with great 

 success as a pyramid. 



These are the principal trees of which it is necessary 

 to speak in regard to form. Other species will be referred 

 to under the head of Pruning. Having now pointed out 

 the most eligible forms for garden trees, and their respec- 



