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the first year ; it having been cut down at planting 

 to one foot. The second year the limbs are drawn 



down horizontally and tied; the branches having 

 the appearance of a wheel laid upon its side, which, 

 when clothed with sjDurs, and seen from the top, is 

 like figure h. 



But, in certain sections, even this is attended 

 with uncertainty, and still more precaution is ne- 

 cessary. In such cases, the cultivator should resort 

 to the inclined trellis. Posts about one foot in 

 height are set in the ground 

 for the front of the trellis, and 

 those for the back are two 

 feet. Rails are then laid from 

 post to post, and slatting across 

 them. The tree having been 

 planted before the trellis, is 

 cut to about a foot in height, 

 and at the end of the season 

 the arms are laid in their proper position upon the 

 slats, the after pruning being the same as that of 

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Gardeners' Chronicle of 1852. 



