222 FRUIT AND ITS CULTIVATION, 



stem with 2ft. extra. The stakes should preferably be 

 round, about 2|in. in diameter, and without bark, as 

 this forms a harbourage for insects. In order to render 



Fig-. 92. A PROPERLY STAKED TREE. 



them durable for as long a period as possible, they should 

 also be tarred, or, better still, creosoted, before they are 



