CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Introductory 1 



II. General Principles of Fruit Culture ... 8 



III. Seasons for Planting and Pruning . . .16 



IV. Defects of some Methods of Fruit Culture . . 24 

 V. Cordon Training; its Advantages and Uses . .29 



VI. Cordon Training in Peach Trees ; the Diagonal 



Cordon 35 



VII. Spiral Cordons 59 



VIII. Vertical Cordons . . . . . .61 



IX. Horizontal Cordons 64 



X. Cordon Training in Apricot Trees . . .67 



XI. Cordon Training in Plum and Cherry Trees . .71 



XII. Cordon Training in Pear Trees . . . .77 



XIII. Horizontal, Vertical, and Spiral Cordons in Pear 



Trees 82 



XIV. Eemarks on Trees in Pots 86 



XV. How to Supply Blank Spaces in Cordons . . 95 



XVI. Objections to Cordon Training answered . . 98 

 XVII. Eemarks on the Dimensions, &c., suitable for 



Orchard-houses 103 



XVIII. Names of some Varieties recommended for In- 

 door and Out-door Culture . . . .106 

 XIX. Concluding Observations 114 



