CORDON TRAINING. 



of the row of trees at the end of the first year's 

 training. This is the second year of plantation. 



The tree with its single leader A will have 

 reached more or less to half-way, or two thirds of 

 the wall, supposing this to be 12 feet high. A 

 certain portion of the tree (that of last year to 

 which it was cut back,) will now appear clothed 

 with wood. The spurs on either side of the leader 

 A will each have their two shoots pinched back 

 successively to, say, 6 inches in all. The foreright 

 spurs and shoots on them are also to be treated 

 by pinching them as if they were on the upper 

 side of the leader ; but they are not shown in 

 this diagram, to avoid confusion. At the base of 

 the single leader A, and at 1 2 inches from the sur- 

 face, a strong shoot from one of the spurs has been 

 allowed to extend for 12 inches laterally, so as to 

 be in readiness to form the second leader B when 

 required ; but if allowed to extend, and to be 

 turned up when it reaches the 12 inches 

 (which it is destined to do), so as to form the 

 second leader B, then it would injuriously affect 

 the growth of the first leader A. From this 

 rule no deviation must be permitted. I have 

 spoilt too many trees from impatience, not to 

 warn others against this error. Cut this lateral 

 back in winter to a healthy bud, and guide it 

 by a light rod perfectly at right angles to the 

 leader A. The tree which is now being described 

 does not show this lateral, because it is in the 



