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FRUIT GARDEN. 



letter a in the figure, or on the under side and downwards 

 as below b. This last is an excellent method of reclaim- 

 ing neglected trees of this description. Every alternate 

 branch being taken away, and the spurs cut off, the young 

 shoots are trained in, and soon produce good fruit. It is 

 rather singular that the late M. Thouin, in his account of 

 the Ecole d 1 Horticulture practique du Museum, classes 

 the horizontal form among les tallies heterodites, and says, 

 that, in consequence of its invariably producing a tete de 

 saule, that is, a hedge of young shoots at the top, it has 

 been long since abandoned. From this remark, we cannot 

 help drawing the conclusion, that in France, the theory of 

 training must be in advance of the practice. 



The other principal form is called jftm-training. In this 

 there is no leading stem, and the branches are arranged 

 somewhat like the spokes of a fan. Fig. 8 represents this 

 shape as it commonly occurs in gardens. In the case of 

 apple and pear-trees, this mode, though frequently adopted, 

 is not superior, perhaps not even equal, to the horizontal 



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configuration : it is evident, that when the branches reach 

 the top of the wall, where they must be cut short, a tete 



