THE MANSE GARDEN. 



according to the quality of the fruit, for which choice 

 the observations already given may be sufficient the 

 rest is merely filling up. And where this is the only 

 object, you may, for the sake of variety, and a little 

 economy of time in covering the wall, alternate the 

 horizontal with the fan-training. Apples and pears 

 should all be horizontal, in which mode of training 

 they assume the form of a pyramid ; and as all the 

 stone fruits should be fan-trained, the latter admit 

 of spreading for a time over the space that is vacant 

 towards the top of the pyramidal. 



It is important to occupy one of the corners hav- 

 ing partly a south and partly an east or west exposure 

 exclusively with your cherries ; and to plant them, 

 both dwarfs and riders, so as to fill the wall at the 

 soonest. For no sooner will fruit appear than it 

 will be carried off by birds, unless protected by a net. 

 By having a double aspect, you prolong the fruit 

 season; and by having the trees of that species 

 brought together, one net will serve for all that you 

 require. A most pestilent fellow, a moor blackbird, 

 without any coral on his bill, sooty, tuneless, and ill 

 shaped, has of late years, like the old invaders of 

 Italy, found the fruit of our gardens better than 

 that-of his native wilds ; and, having once tasted the 

 cherry, he cannot forget the flavour of it. He comes 

 a host exactly at the season of ripe fruit, and never 

 fails, with an angry chatter, when he is disturbed, to 

 intimate that you are as annoying to him as he is to 

 you. He is sure to have the advantage of you in 

 early rising, which both quickens his appetite and 

 affords him leisure for his morning meal. He is 

 besides less shy as to the quality of his food; for, 



