34 CORDON TRAINING. 



a well-managed cordon on the diagonal plan, : 

 will not fail to give it the palm as to beauty. 



By means of light guiding rods the young 

 wood creeps as straight as a walking stick, up- 

 wards, and on this depends much of the handsome 

 appearance of the trees. So that were a wall 

 of these trees drawn, each of them ascending 

 with mathematical regularity, it would not be 

 exaggerated : a moderate amount of skill and 

 patience would easily effect it. The various 



\ forms of cordon training remain to be noticed. 



/ They are the diagonal, the best suited for a wall ; 



) for in-door or out-door culture it should always 

 have three leaders. The vertical, useful for trees 

 trained against the pillars of the Orchard-house, 

 where they bear admirably ; they also answer 

 well if planted in the borders. If for walls in 

 the open air, then the number of leaders should 



^ not be less than five, or there would be danger 



/ of the trees producing too much wood. The 

 spiral : round wires for trees in pots, or round 

 the pillars of the orchard-house, where they have 

 a pretty effect. It will also suit large pear stan- 

 dards in the open ground, or in the borders of 

 the house. Lastly, the horizontal i.e. all fan- 

 shaped, (palmette of the French,) or laterally 

 developed trees ; all standard trees m the open 

 ground or within the house, and planted in the 

 borders. 



