PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



trellis is literally hung full of luscious fruit, one 

 cannot imagine a greater beauty in garden formation 

 than that afforded by numerous espalier trellises. 



The fan-shaped trees, trained against the boun- 

 dary walls of the garden, are equally attractive, 

 although they present an entirely different effect. 

 The fan-shaped tree, instead of having side branches 

 springing out from the trunk, up its entire length, 

 and then pruned back to a uniform number of fruit 

 spurs, has all its branches radiating from the stem 

 or trunk of the tree, near its base ; and then spread 

 out on all sides to form a perfect fan shape against 

 the wall. It may seem difficult to furnish this form 

 of espaliered tree with sufficient fruit spurs, while 

 adhering to the training that is to form the orna- 

 mental fan. To encourage the growth of fruit spurs 

 in this instance the leaders are all pinched back dur- 

 ing the process of growth. This forms sufficient 

 breaks on the sides of the fan-trained branches to 

 develop into numerous fruit-buds. Whether peach, 

 pear or apple trees are thus trained, a long garden 

 wall, supporting numerous green fans, well covered 

 with luscious fruit, of unusually large size, will be 

 a sight worth travelling long distances to see. 



Cordons have been developed into very ornamen- 

 tal features on American country seats. The cordon 

 is considered the simplest form of training dwarf 



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