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CHAP. V. 



CORDON TRAINING ITS ADVANTAGES AND USES. 



CORDON training derives its name from its 

 fanciful resemblance to a cord or chain. A 

 certain number of leading branches are carried 

 out, and on them spurs are developed, so that 

 the branches look somewhat like twisted cables 

 or chains. It is not an entirely new plan, but 

 has the advantage of being based on well-known 

 and valuable methods long in use. In the present^ 

 case its value chiefly consists in its combinations, 

 and modifications required by the peculiar cha-i 

 racter of the climate of England. In the caseJ 

 of in-door culture much more novelty was ad-( 

 missible, because in this instance the dry and/ 

 equable temperature aided powerfully in its suc-A 

 cess. Objections made to cordon training in the' 

 open air, which, however, are not based on ex- 

 perience, being generally made by persons who 

 have never even seen the trees during one season, 

 in orchard-houses, fall at once to the ground. 



