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CHAPTER VI. 



On the training of fruit trees. 



FIRST, of those that generally bear fruit 

 upon spurs. In this class may be reckoned 

 Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, and Mul- 

 berries. Various are the opinions concerning 

 the most successful method of training fruit 

 trees, and no one mode will apply with 

 equal success to trees even of the same kind 

 in every situation, this must therefore be 

 varied according to the free growth of the 

 tree or otherwise, as may appear necessary. 

 After having seen and tried many methods 

 for a long time, I find none to answer so 

 well for the trees, as that which I here re- 

 commend. 



In training the sorts of fruit trees before 

 described, it is a very general practice (and 

 has been strongly recommended by some 

 writers on fruit trees) to train them accord- 

 ing to the fan method. How great the suc- 

 cess may be that attends the efforts of those 

 who have so publicly and forcibly recom- 

 mended it, I have not in all cases had the 

 opportunity of witnessing, but in some I 

 have had ample demonstration to prove its 

 inadequency, and although 1 have never 



