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Fig. 59. Dwarf Apples are easy to gather they are so near the ground 



Dwarf trees may be trained in a far greater variety of forms 

 than can standards (Fig. 61). They thus make special claims for 

 attention where space is limited. The word standard is here used 

 in its American sense; namely, a full-sized tree of its kind. In Europe 

 a standard is a tree not artificially supported. Popular forms of self- 

 supporting dwarf trees are bush, pyramid and globe; of supported 

 ones, palmette, fan, gridiron and various styles of cordons and espaliers. 

 A. cordon is a "dwarfed tree trained to a single spurred stem for the 

 development of fine fruit." An espalier is strictly a trellis, but the 

 term is also applied to the trees trained upon trellises, fences or walls. 

 While each of the tree fruits grown as dwarfs may be trained in any 

 desired form, the following are the more popular ways of training the 

 various species: 



Bush and pyramid forms for Apple, Pear (Fig. 65), Cherry (Fig. 

 62), Apricot, Nectarine, Peach (Fig. 63), and Plum. The bush form, 

 preferred for Sour Cherries, Apricots, Peaches and Apples, is the. 



