82 CORDON TRAINING. 



CHAP. XIIL 



HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, AND SPIRAL CORDONS 

 IN PEAR TREES. 



IN all of these, the spurs are managed exactly as 

 before described. The Vertical Cordon may 

 have the shape described in the Miniature Fruit 

 Garden, page 17 ; i. e. it may have five leaders 

 trained upwards. Trees on this mode bear very 

 well. It is recommended by Mr. Rivers. The 

 distances and spurs may be as described in the 

 Diagonal Cordon. A great variety of fruits is 

 obtainable in this way, no small advantage. 



Spiral cordons are treated in the same way as 

 to spurs and distances. Three trees together may 

 thus be grown (each on a single Cordon), if so 

 wished, because the length of the spiral neutralises 

 the otherwise too great growth. Or one tree 

 with three leaders may be trained thus. Most 

 handsome and prolific trees they will be, and 

 very amusing to watch. They are also very 

 suitable for small gardens, as standards. Indeed, 

 there is no better form in this case. 



Standard pear trees require some peculiar vari- 



