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PERMANENT PLANTATIONS. 



of single stems, or arms, trained horizontally on a wire or 

 wooden rail, about ten or twelve inches from the ground. 



Fig-. 104. — APPLE COKDON (Doiiblc). 



This stem, or cordon, is kept furnished with fruit spurs, and 

 produces fruit on its entire length. The cordon may be either 

 single or double. The single consists of a single stem, or 



arm, and the double 

 of a pair of arms, 

 one trained to each 

 side, as in fig. 104. 

 The Pear as a 

 Pyramid (fig. 105). 

 — The pear is emi- 

 nently the tree for 

 the pyramidal form, 

 either on the free 

 stock or on the 

 quince. On the lat- 

 ter, however, the 

 trees bear much ear- 

 lier, are more pro- 

 lific, more manage- 

 able, and conse- 

 quently preferable 

 for small gardens. 

 On the pear stock 

 they require con- 

 stant summer prun- 

 „ ing and pinching, 



Fig. 105.— PTKAMIDAL PEAR-TREE. ^- . ^ 



7 feet bigh ; 4 feet wide at the base. ^nd, m SOme caseS, 



