4O DWARF FRUIT TREES 



positions, and are tied into place until the stems be- 

 come hardened. There are many clever little tricks 

 for expediting this sort of work and for making the 

 results more sure, but a rehearsal of them here would 

 be tedious. The most important rule to remember is 

 that constant attention must be given the shoots while 

 they are growing. Mistakes are corrected with diffi- 

 culty after an undesirable form has been allowed to 

 harden. 



