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to subdue its natural vigor. Tlie native, or Canada plum, 

 and the Myrobolan, or Cherry i)lum, are suitable. Sum- 

 mer pruning and pinching, as well as occasional root 

 pruning, are all necessary to clieck the vigor of most 

 kinds, and keep theni in suitable dimensions for small 

 gardens where it is necessary to jJaiit them close. Our 

 sj)ecinieii j)lum orchard consists entirely of dwarf stand- 

 ard and pyramidal trees, planted in rows, ten feet apart, 

 and eight feet apart in the row. They were planted some 

 twelve or fifteen years ago, and are now models of beauty 

 and j^roductiveness — that, too, without any summer 

 pruning, root pruning, or i)inching. 



Hie Plain as a Dwarf Standard. — Besides the pyra- 

 mid, this is the only form in which the plum should be 

 admitted into the garden. The dwarf standard, with a 

 trunk two or three feet in hight, and a symmetrical, 

 round head, is a very pretty and appropriate form, and 

 requires less skill and care in the management than the 

 pyramid ; and with pioper care, the trees require but 

 little, if any, more space. 



ITie Peach. — The best garden form for the peach in 

 this country, generally, is that of the dwarf standard^ 

 with a trunk eighteen inches to two feet. With proper 

 management, which will hereafter be described, t'ds form 

 is easily conducted, even when the trees are on ])each 

 stocks. The plum stock, and especially the sorts recom- 

 mended for dwarf plums, give trees that are less vigor- 

 ous, and more easily kept in a small space. In most parts 

 of our country, the fruit ripens perfectly in the open 

 ground, so that espalier or oblique cordon ti-aining, as has 

 been remarked, is seldom practised, unless to save ground, 

 or in northern localities, where ])rotection of the buds 

 during winter, or of tlie blossoms in the spring, is neces- 

 sary. In such cases alone are espaliers to be recommended, 

 as they require much greatei- care in pruning and train- 

 ing than any other form. Espalier trees are of various 



