ESPALIER WALLS AND TRELLISES 



six feet high and about sixty feet long, covered on 

 both sides with different varieties of apples, pears, 

 cherries, peaches, apricots, and other dwarfed trees. 

 The ornamental feature of this unusual form of 

 espalier is increased by the fact that the utmost care 

 has been given to the training of the severely pruned 

 trees. The long glass walls which extend in an east- 

 ern and western direction, in order to give both 

 northern and southern exposures for experimenting 

 in fruit development, have trees of the same nature 

 and variety planted opposite, on either side of the 

 wall. Quaintly dwarfed apple or pear trees, with 

 their numerous fruit spurs flourishing on opposite 

 sides of the wall, each give the appearance of a single 

 tree with a vivid reflection through the glass. The 

 purpose of growing them opposite, and giving ex- 

 actly the same training in root and branch pruning, 

 is to discover by actual and accurate comparison 

 whether northern or southern exposures are best for 

 this form of espalier work. But this practical reason 

 for the planting does not lessen the ornamental 

 feature of the device. 



Glass espalier walls have not attained any degree 

 of success in this country either in ornamental or 

 horticultural value, although it is claimed in France 

 that they are superior to any other kind, as neither 

 side of the wall is wasted and twice the quantity of 



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