TREES, TRAINING. 



TREES, TRAINING. 



sion has grown but slightly and shows signs 

 of weakness, the cut must be made lower 



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PEAR AS DOUBLE VERTICAL CORDON. 



down on the two years' wood in order to 

 obtain a more vigorous terminal shoot. 

 Apply the same treatment to these young 



trees during the summer as during the pre- 

 ceding one. 



"By the time of the third pruning the 

 young stem has generally attained two- 

 thirds of its entire length ; it must then be 

 inclined at an angle of 45 ; the terminal 

 shoot and side branches must be pruned in 

 the same manner as for the preceding year. 

 If the stem had been inclined in this man- 

 ner at the first, the consequence would 

 have been a growing out of vigorous 

 branches at the base of the stem, to the 

 injury of the terminal shoot. The new 

 shoots must be treated as usual. 



" There is now nothing more to be done 

 than to complete the tree by continuing the 

 same treatment until it reaches the top of 

 the wall. Arrived at its final height, it 

 must be cut every year about 16 inches 

 below the coping of the wall, to allow 

 space for the growth of a vigorous terminal 

 shoot every year, which will force the sap 

 to circulate freely through the whole extent 

 of the stem. 



" If the wall run east and west it is not 

 important to which side the stem is inclined, 

 but if the wall extend north and south it 

 should be inclined to the south to afford as 

 much light as possible to the under side 

 fruit branches. When the wall is built on 

 the descent of a hill the trees should be 

 inclined towards the summit, or their 

 growth will be too soon arrested by the top 

 of the wall. The trees being planted 16 

 inches apart and each developing a single 

 stem, the result will be a parallel series of 

 slanting trees having a space of about 1 2 

 inches between each stem. 



" Wall trees trained in this way attain 

 their full size in five years a gain of at 

 least ten or twelve years compared with 

 other methods. By this plan trees become 

 fruitful in the fourth year, and attain their 

 maximum in the sixth year, while other 

 and larger forms require twenty years to 

 attain their maximum. If the extent of 



