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THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



Pyramidal trees cut flat on the side to be placed 

 next the wall, and planted against walls or fences, 

 will give almost a certain crop. Their shoots must 

 be pinched, and trained so as to form a handsome 

 semi-pyramidal tree, which, when it has reached the top 



FIG. 7. 



of the wall, must be subjected to biennial removal, so as 

 to keep it in a stationary fruitful state. Annexed I 

 give a figure (Fig. 7) of a young pyramid planted 

 against a south-east fence. 



It will, I trust, be seen how economical of space are 



