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in every respect disadvantageous in practice. It is better 

 to have the sides of the house quite low; and, as we have 

 heretofore seen, the nearest approach to the horizontal 

 position is the most favorable for an even development of 

 fruit. So strongly was this advantage felt, that Alex- 

 ander Seaton, Esq., adopted the plan of training his canes 

 horizontally, lengthwise of the house, instead of leading 

 them up the rafters ; and for many years he claimed very 

 successful results in comparison with the best English 



Fig. 42. 



competitors. But the almost uniform and entirely suc- 

 cessful mode of training is to lead the cane up under the 



