90 FRUIT TREES. 



possible, north, and south. The figures 81, 82, 83 show 

 the details. 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 81, 82, AND 83. 



A. Posts placed 18 or 20 feet apart. 



B. Galvanised iron wire. 



P. Galvanised iron wire, forming a line between the two posts, 

 holding them together, and made fast to a wall. 



D. Screw tightener. 



E. Laths placed in front to support the stems of the trees. 



F. Laths placed upon the back surface. 



O. "Wires crossing the tops of the posts at right anglos made fast to 

 walls. 



N. Apple trees trained in low horizontal lines. 



The posts, A, should be made of resinous wood ; if 

 passed through, a solution of sulphate of copper it will 

 add to their durability ; their length should be 9 feet, 

 and about 5 inches diameter. They should be sunk in 

 the ground to a depth of 20 inches in the middle of the 

 garden border, and be from 6 to 7 yards apart from 

 each other. The galvanised iron wire (P, figs. 81 and 

 82) passes over the top of each post through a ring 

 or staple, and is fastened at each extremity to a 

 wall.* 



Other galvanised wires (0, figs. 82 and 83) also pass 

 over the tops of the posts, but in a direction at right 

 angles with the first, and are also fixed to the top of 

 the walls. These wires are made tight by the screw 



* If there are no walls to fasten ihe supporting wires to, the posts 

 must be somewhat stronger, and the lower post left thick and sunk 

 deeper in the ground. 



