78 COEDON TRAINING. 



I only wish, therefore, to say that no apprehension need be 

 entertained of the shoots on the leaders becoming too long to 

 manage, (an apprehension, by-the-by, not without its cause, 

 for Mr. Rivers writes to me on this subject, that he finds these 

 very shoots " always fighting to get away from the tree,") but 

 by merely allowing a few leaves to grow beyond the long 

 bearing shoot, (as in the vine,) and by cutting it back to two 

 buds directly after bearing, the shoots can be kept compact, 

 fruitful, and close to the main stem. 



In all these cases, the reader will readily have discerned 

 that my favorite is the Diagonal Cordon, but with the ex- 

 ception of the growth on the lower sides of this form being 

 weaker than those on the upper, the management of the spurs 

 and shoots is the same in all cases. 



I have had much pleasure in writing this book, but at the 

 close I feel that others will profit by my hints, and that I 

 must exert myself if I wish to keep pace with them in the 

 friendly race. 



