Small Gardens 



provide the trees which a tenant desires to plant and, 

 in that case, they will, of course, be left behind when 

 there is a change of tenant. 



So much has been written about the right kind of 

 soil, suitable aspects, etc., that it is possible that 

 people may be afraid to plant on what they consider 

 to be unsuitable soil or in unsuitable situations. It 

 is true that certain soils and situations are better 

 than others, but practical tests have proved that 

 apples, at any rate, will grow on almost any soil and, 

 very often, in what might be called unfavourable 

 situations. 



The most important point in making a start is to 

 get the right type of tree on the right kind of stock. 



The three best types for small gardens are : 



(i.) The .'" Bush " on a dwarfing stock, (ii.) the 

 " Cordon " of which there are several varieties on 

 a dwarfing stock, and (iii.) the " Half -standard " on 

 the- " free " stock. 



(i.) THE BUSH TYPE. Apples worked on the Non- 

 such Paradise stock, Pears worked on the Quince, 

 and Plums worked on the Common Plum, may all be 

 grown as " bushes " in small gardens. 



The open-centred " bush " fruit tree is easily 

 trained, but it is not easily obtained from nursery- 

 men. In the trade, a mongrel pyramid often 

 passes for a " bush." 



To train a real " bush " the maiden (one year old) 

 tree is headed back (i.e., cut back) so as to leave four 

 of five well-defined wood buds on the young growth 

 (see Fig. i). This pruning should be done during the 

 winter, viz., in November or December if the young 

 tree remains in the place where it was grafted or 

 budded, or, alternatively, in February if the tree was 



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