TREES IX POTS 



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apples and pears, also columnar pyramids, may be used. 

 O.-ipt's cultivated in pots are trained to so-called spiral 

 cordons, which have a corkscrew-like, twisted stem car- 

 ried on three stakes. 



"PRELIMINARY TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST YEAR, OF A TREE 

 DESTINED FOR POT-CULTURE. Peaches and other fruits can 



>. I'-it -thrown up]i|c 

 in full bearing. 



L>4<>. Pot tree in 

 July of its sec- 

 ond vcar. 



247. Showing 



how the tree is to 



be pruned. 



be prepared for pot culture in their first y<-;ir. If we have 

 jH-ix.ually budded our tn-i-s, we pinch off the tip of the 

 young shoot which appears in early summer, according to 

 its strong or weak development, when it has grown to a 



