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lost. The upright cordon can be bent into the form of 

 an arch in order to make delightful arbors along the 

 walks. The illustration, Fig. 2, shows a good ex- 

 ample of this sort. 



Nearly all varieties of apples indeed all as far 

 as I know succeed in this form. The trees are not 



FIG. 25 DWARF APPLES ON PROF. L. H. BAILEY'S FARM, NEW YORK 



very long-lived, however. That is they cannot be 

 maintained in good presentable form and prolific bear- 

 ing indefinitely, because it is difficult to reproduce 

 the fruit spurs on the lower part of the stem. Never- 

 theless the trees are inexpensive and can be cheaply 

 replaced. As they come into bearing the first or 

 second year after planting, this task of replacing worn- 



