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classifies the cordon. There are, therefore, besides 

 the upright cordon, others which are oblique, that is, 

 which make an angle with the horizontal, those which 

 are horizontal, and those which are bent into various 



FIG. l8 PEAR IN ESPALIER 

 This tree is carrying over 200 fruits 



forms. The serpent form is one of the simplest of 

 these. This form of cordon is simply bent back and 

 forth against a trellis forming a series of S's one above 

 another. The horizontal cordons are of two varieties, 

 namely one-arm and two-arm forms. It is altogether 

 a matter of convenience which one of these forms is 

 chosen. 



