CONTENTS. 



PAET I. 



THE PRUNING AND TRAINING OF FRUIT TREES. 



CHAPTER I. 

 THE PEACH. 



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Training the Peach . . 1 



The Fan-trained Peach . 5 



Management of the Peach 7 



Training Peaches on Walls 9 



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Summer Pruning and Train- 

 ing 10 



Netting for the Peach- 

 Tree 12 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE PLUM. 



Pruning, Renovation, and 



Training of the Plum . 14 

 Planting the Plum ... 15 



Training the Plum ... 17 

 Plum-tree Orchard-house 18 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE PEAR. 



Pruning, Renovation, and 



Training of the Pear . 20 



Planting the Pear ... 21 



Renovation of the Pear . 22 



Pruning the Pear . . . 26 

 Training the Pear ... 26 

 The Pyramidal Pear-Tree 27 



CHAPTER IV. 

 THE APPLE. 



The Character and Train- 

 ing of the Apple . . 30 

 Varieties of the Apple . 30 

 Soil required for the 

 Apple 31 



Cultivation of Apple-trees 32 



Pruning of the Apple . 33 

 Renoa - ation of the Apple- 



Tree 35 



The Espalier Apple . . 36 



