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base : this enables the persons Avho conduct the tree, to lay 

 in the branches on both sides at an equal angle with pre- 

 cision, which is quite requisite to maintain uniformity of 

 growth and vigor. 



It has been considered necessary to treat this subject 

 somewhat minutely, for the purpose of giving to persons 

 wholly unacquainted with training, some knowledge of the 

 principles on which it depends, and the mode of its 

 execution. 



The form described above is one of the simplest of all 

 espaliers, except the horizontal, described in treating of 

 the apple and the pear ; but whoever can train a tree in 

 this manner well, can do it in all others, for the princij)les 

 of growth are the same always ; and he who understands 

 these, can mould his trees at pleasure, provided he can 

 bestow the necessary labor. The peach may be grown in 

 any or all the espalier forms. 



Laying m^ and fastening the trees to walls and trel- 

 lises. — ^When trees are trained to a wall or fence, the 

 branches are fastened in the desired position by means of 

 shreds of cloth or list, half an inch wide, and from two to 

 three inches long, according to the size of the branch to 

 be laid in. Yery small nails are necessary to train on 

 boards, but larger ones on a brick and stone wall. On a 

 trellis, strings of bass matting are used instead of nails and 

 cloth ; and in fastening to simple rails, small willows may 

 be used. The principle to be observed, in laying in and 

 fastening the branches and shoots of espalier trees, is that 

 strong shoots must he laid in sooner than weak ones., and 

 also more inclined from the vertical direction. A great 

 deal may be done towards maintaining uniformity of 

 growth in the diflerent parts of a trained tree, by laying in 

 the branches in a judicious and discriminating manner. 



