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CHAPTER XX. 



The treatment of the Apple tree trained against a wall, or as an 

 espalier. 



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ALTHOUGH most kinds of Apple trees will 

 bear well as standards, yet some do better 

 when trained against a wall, or as espaliers. 

 Because they derive advantages from these si- 

 tuations, which they cannot receive as stand- 

 ards; the heat which is afforded them by the 

 reflection of the sun, contributes materially 

 to the ripening of the buds, and bringing the 

 fruit to a higher degree of flavour, and a 

 larger size, than they would be in other cir- 

 cumstances. To have some of the choicest 

 kinds brought to high perfection, is not only 

 profitable, but will certainly yield a consi- 

 derable degree of pleasure and satisfaction. 

 I There are some sorts of Apples more par- 

 's ticularly suited for walls ancl espaliers, such 

 t^as the Golden Pippin, Ribstone Pippin, &c. 

 of soil which nost su it abl e or 



Apple trees, is a strong loam with a dry 



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bottom; for if the bottom be wet, the trees 

 are generally diseased and affected with 

 canker. (Directions for making the borders are 

 given in the Chapter on the format ion of fruit 

 tree borders, $c.) 



