260 THE FRUIT GARDENER. [B. 2* 



prefer the fan manner, not only for them > 

 but for all other trees planted againft walls ; 

 for thefe reafons, viz. We can make the 

 tree fill its fpace fooner by one-third of the 

 time, and can alfo fupply the lofs of a 

 branch with greater eafe at any period of 

 its age. But for Apples on efpaliers, or on 

 very low walls, the horizontal method of 

 training is to be preferred ; as the height of 

 the efpalier, &c. will not admit of fan 

 training in a handfome manner. I {hall, 

 therefore, firft treat of fan-training, as for 

 walls, and then of horizontal training, as for 

 efpaliers. 



Jan-Training. After planting, let each 

 of the fhoats be headed down to three eyes, 

 in order to make them pufli ftrong, and 

 furnifh the wall from the bottom; and 

 when the young Ihoots have grown fo long 

 as to admit of being laid in, lay one on 

 each fide, that is, the loweft, perfectly 

 horizontal, and divide the intermediate 

 ones equally at the diftance of ten or 

 twelve inches. In the Winter, fliorten 

 them all back to from one-half to two- 

 thirds 



