6O DWARF FRUIT TREES 



For espaliers the woven wire fences are better. In 

 fact, the woven wire fencing is excellent for all sorts 

 of fruit trellises. Poultry netting makes a cheap and 

 convenient trellis, but it is neither so strong nor so 

 durable as the better grades of woven wire fencing. 

 On the whole it is very poor economy to buy a cheap 

 trellis or to put it up on poor posts. 



These trellises will need to be comparatively high. 

 Nothing less than eight feet will be satisfactory, and 

 for upright cordons a trellis ten to fifteen feet high 

 will be much better. Of course, this entire height is 

 not needed the first year, but upright cordon apples 

 will cover a. twelve foot trellis in five years. Peaches 

 or Japanese plums will cover the same trellis in three 

 years. 



In the selection of varieties for growing in a garden 

 of dwarf fruit trees the horticulturist will naturally 

 be guided by principles altogether different from 

 those which control him in the selection of varieties 

 for a commercial orchard. He must, of course, con- 

 sider which varieties are best adapted to the special 

 stocks on which they have to be propagated. He must 

 also bear in rnind that certain varieties are better 

 adapted than others for the special forms in which 

 he may wish to train his dwarf trees. Beyond all 

 this lies the great consideration that in the very large 

 majority of cases dwarf fruit trees are grown to secure 

 fancy fruit, not to produce a large quantity for a 

 general market. All varieties of inferior quality would 

 therefore be eliminated from consideration at the be- 

 ginning, no matter how productive they might be, 

 nor how famous for other things. 



