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ening them in the autumn, these things greatly 

 tend to keep the balance of growth preserved. 

 The borders of any trees should be well drained ; 

 the trees should not be stimulated with too rich 

 materials, and any protection to ward off the 

 heavy autumnal rains by a broad coping (such as 

 the old monks always had on their walls) at 

 the summit, and some planks sloping over the 

 border, these last being also of a good slope. 

 With such precautions, indispensable under any 

 system whatever, there is no ground for such 

 fears. 



It is also for this reason chiefly that triple Cor- 

 dons are recommended by me, having tried the 

 single ones previously. These last succeed well 

 in France ; and if any one will reflect that a 

 Diagonal Cordon tree, with three leaders, will, on 

 a fair wall, cover about sixty square feet, why 

 should it be less likely to bear than another tree 

 nine feet in extension by seven in height, which 

 contains sixty-three square feet only ? In the 

 latter case everyone knows that a tree of this 

 kind can, and will produce some five dozen 

 peaches yearly; but in the case of my own 

 Diagonal Cordons (under glass, it is true), they 

 produced at the rate of 150 or more peaches on 

 the same space. As to pear trees on this plan, I 

 am convinced that they will succeed admirably, 

 all conditions for success being duly observed. 

 I have none whatever under glass, because the 



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