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THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHRUB PRUNER. 



Fiar. 34. 



compact pyramids may be planted on warm dry borders 

 round the garden, and if nipped in close, and kept so 



for years, they 

 will make but 

 little advance 

 in size. They 

 will, however, 

 bear an abun- 

 dance of fruit, 

 which can be 

 easily kept 

 from the birds 

 by coarse gauze 

 or fine netting, 

 and so insure 

 the fruit, which 

 can never be 

 done in the case 

 of standards. 

 In cultivating a pyramid Cherry, it is necessary to 

 induce the plant to form a good leader, and when it is 



four or five feet high nip the 

 top out ; but if the plant is 

 not likely to break bud below, 

 as may possibly be the case, 

 the leaders must be stopped 

 three or four times during its 

 advance, to induce laterals from 

 it to form the tree by degrees. 

 These laterals must be fre- 

 quently pinched back to induce 

 sublaterals to fill up a symme- 

 trical tree, and when the tree is 

 formed, annual summer stopping 

 may be practised to keep the 

 plant in good order. 



Fig. 36 is an example of 



a wall-trained Cherry pinched 



back, forming an abundance of fruit spurs, which 



will last for many years. "Wall Cherries should be 



Fig. 35. 



