CORDON TRAINING 



OF 



FRUIT TREES, 



DIAGONAL, VERTICAL, SPIRAL, HORIZONTAL, 



ADAPTED TO THE ORCHARD-HOUSE AND OPEN-AIR CULTURE. 



BY THE 



REV. T. COLLINGS BREHAUT. 



WITH A 



SUPPLEMENT, 



CONTAINING 



REMARKS ON CORDON TRAINING; THE CULTIVATION AND 



PRUNING OF PEACH TREES IN POTS; THE BEST 



VARIETIES OF FRUITS FOR POT CULTURE; 



AND 



GENERAL REMARKS ON ORCHARD-HOUSES ADAPTED TO 

 THE CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



By C. M. HOVEY, 



PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT ; 

 KBITOR OF THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, AND AUTHOR OF THE FRUITS OF AMERICA. 



BOSTON: 



HOVEY & CO., 33 KILBY STREET. 

 1864. 



