DWARF FRUIT TREES 



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most popular form of all since it demands least attention and yields 

 the largest return in fruit. Pears do best as pyramids; Sweet Cherries 

 and Plums also rather better than as bushes. A modification of the 

 bush is the goblet in which the main branches or "leaders" are evenly 

 spaced and trained to form a cup-like open head (Fig. 63). 



Cordons (Fig. 64) are next most easily managed. Apples and 

 Pears do specially well so 

 handled. Strong growing 

 varieties do better in U- 

 shape or with two or more 

 leaders, than as single 

 uprights. Vigorous 

 Peaches, Nectarines and 

 Plums also do best in this 

 form or in the double U- 

 shape; the less vigorous 

 ones do well as single up- 

 rights. Few are grown as 

 horizontal cordons. Pal- 

 met te and fan forms suit 

 Apricots, Peaches and 

 Nectarines; the latter 

 also suits Pears and 

 Japanese Plums. Gridiron, 

 candelabrum and horizon- 

 tal espaliers have proved 

 satisfactory for most kinds 

 of Pears and Apples. 



The principal reasons 

 for adopting any of these 

 special forms except the 

 bush, the pyramid or the 

 globe are that the trees 

 may be made to fit their 

 surroundings, each main Fig. 60. Doesn't this tempt you too? There'll be 

 branch may bear fruit from much more every year from now on 



end to end, the distribu- 

 tion of fruit may be made uniform both during one season and from 

 year to year, and both larger specimens and finer quality may be 

 secured than by the commoner forms of training. 



With a clear knowledge of where fruit buds are normally produced 

 a pruning program may be adopted to enhance such production. To 

 check the growth of side shoots on Apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry 



