DWARF TREES AND CORDONS 



Nature conform to mathematics. We 

 are old, and in our time have repeatedly 

 met with this inane way of calculating, 

 and have witnessed the dashing to the 

 ground and the confusing of every hope 

 based on such foundations of sand. 

 The " old lady " laughs at our laws and 

 at our cleverness and goes quietly on her 

 way, caring little for the " calculated 

 fancies " she tramples in the dust. 



The profitable cultivation of cordon 

 fruit trees has been fully and strongly 

 demonstrated by a select number of 

 growers who have specialized in them. 

 We could name some who have made 

 their mark and established themselves on 

 the market through the exceeding ex- 

 cellence of their products. They make 

 a special study of the system, the culti- 

 vation, pruning and feeding, thinning the 

 crops, and every detail pertaining to the 

 trees and the soil in which they grow. 

 Their fruit, far exceeding the average in 

 quality and finish, is carefully graded 

 and packed in special small parcels, being 

 sold to special clients by count and not 

 by weight. Their aim is to produce 

 extra high-grade fruit^beyond the possi- 

 bility of being brought into competition 

 with that of a more ordinary sample, 

 and they restrict their varieties to those 

 possessing " sell -at -sight " qualities. 

 There is room for many more high- 

 grade growers like them ; indeed, it is 

 only a question of time before the 

 exigencies of the trade force us to adopt 

 something approximating to their stan- 



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 Pitmaston Duchesse 



dards if we would make growing pay ; r-r single Cordon 



