DECEMBER 8, ae 
th GARDENERS’ 
1088 
the Lord C Cariola a r and Captain Isaacs were v ery suc- 
cessful. attendance ee numerous and select. 
Tamps iha the gas was a at md the effect 
ted was novel and pleasing.— Trish Paper, 
Notices of of 300kg. 
Cordon Training of Fruit Tr Trees, EH gow Vertical, 
Spiral, Horizontal, gg to 
frontispiece. T 
ma the M be readily 
bas 
horizoatally to the right. | 
refer rring , to this, mmnection 
By in 
which „are cleanly given, | 
wall 
pa rallel 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
surfac 
"Next season this shoot is |‘ 
~ connection | cordon training; and it also contains some useful hints 
oe orchard houses. || 
Moores Index Filicwm—We have received from 
Mr. Panpin the o i letter :— 
ough a of really small importance, yet 
rare wre ih Sealed m i to your 
Ai Open air culture; by the het, Collings 
Bréhaut. Small 8vo, pp. 120. Lon and Co. 
ae ae, ork, we are informed by ‘he “Author, i is 
d 
much saps “ine, which an enforce 
the of a 
to the stem, for a second “hemi 
wae the th 
f 45°. The 
In the third season a 
third leader is trained in a similar manner, and ulti- 
ne vane are brought down to an an 
ewo ork then 
angle 
of the tree consists “of c 
the result 
idlenesi; hom over fatig 
Charge 
be ie unexpectedly cr wl it er after summer, se: two nase parallel to it proceeding from a 
winti e ‘after r winter grins assed by him abroad and eet bs or If e rs sr should fail, 
‘tus he enabled to observe the various modes of|so must the two branches that are prolonged from 
fruit pee practised in different katie, Among | it, "Bat “ad ay be ‘a, why nied there be appre- 
other rest te mh ion clined him to give the result of | hension of its failing, any more than one of the 
wn asthe “wish make the | main branches of a f: set off i ‘orm ? 
8 and 9, in the Garde i 
it seems h ight for me to let statement 
therein made pass altogether unnoticed, especially as 
that sta —_— is exactly the reve ths of the fact. tas oa 
viewer says:—‘Its utility w much in 
reased were the publisher to sag iapa ditious ia 
ringing itout. We believe we are right in saying that 
| the e preparation of the MSS. causes no delay in the pub- 
lication author best knows asto‘ the preparation 
f the MS i page only heeds the possession of 
it; and heis able to s reference aoe 
d y 
dates on the printer’s file of of proofs; 2nd, the authors 
own written communications to him, that shatseudee 
of dela: it oorlainly i not attributable sto 
decided pm 2 of a novel method of fruit culture, | ‘There is, it will be observed, a great difference i ~~ the | cause o 
called gene: rally bad Cordon Training.” * One form had angles of divi In the. Vit is a about 45°, | him ‘ov. 29,’ 
R L mW 241, 41 4 edd oe 
a -to ore | The Floral Magazine for December has figures of 
phen rchard-houte ; this wa Buy be ona spi Peach ENE pagans ange of 90 that is directly PG, the President Rose, a noble looking sort with at 
the eofettion of ‘the whole method. t e depended two huge 
sap dnilAnos to the single oblique training practised so | stone cordon system we angle is | Petunias with white flowers bordered and soe 
successful Montreuil, ne aris; very important | 135°, rather « a a backward reira for the sap to follow. with rich purple; three Gloxinias, and as mam 
modificatio: were required, however, before any | Then vary te Pelargoniums. 
practical result could be depended on. ‘ With respect | make a ra e left. We think the 
to the actual results as yet obtained, the back wall of | acute pAs kti wa eta ee i ret d off. Garden Memoranda. 
my Orchard house, which i is a we -to, ‘aaa at the| There are only the three oblique bran ear- Mr. Mac OITO NURSERY, Kine STREET, HAM- 
rate of three Peaches s per squa: e foot. On this wall | ing the crop, and they are only a foot apart; in fact, MERSMITH.—Among Chry: santhemums now in bloom 
the rą te of ae fine Hin he rectangular distance between them is scarcely | i n the show gsr! here The fi following are worthy of 
“and fNecta: arines (some of the former were 9 i in a oa he spurs. theref tend lit thile, a free ‘ 
‘eircumference), so that a house 100 feet iba and 
proportionately bron might, reasonably 
pS 
ban ce ce Nec 
sa eg 
all, an <i Apricots and mid. 
ots.” 
cites ny E 
season m the row. 
to become 2 i 
instead of gm «the spurs aed 
they w 
Pe anat lile hemi with — paa yeaa 
bearin mg “fro 
yaua; Pompone; 
n, 
SP are arero m 
m within six inches,” will axe to be kept 
it a an e 
ri ey this season om of doors when many ard 
of tr the 
he sat ieee of fi aya fest of the general within three, and E per Hp ven in the case of the Peach, | kinds have failed; mage lilac sort, is also 
principles of -fruit oultre, briefly of course, but t re likew e both white ae 
maxims oats be vety usefully acted upon. :Althou 5i wW ll tog g l idea of Cedo Nulli, t f the ł d kinds 
similar to those we have renee oe © the d which is well rown eye which both of ‘them 
inculcate in our columns, we ma rtheless int detailed in re work, which those pia imet to try the | possesses eds ng ar ‘kee seo colours to excellent 
some of them in the authors own wor A sits experiment of cordon training ought to consult.) advantage. For indoo = agg a useful: Pom- 
“The amateu ur should remember, that the natural | Whether the system prove good or bad, it must be ad- | pone, superseding Bob ` hi ch has flowered 
tendency of upwards ot towards the a that the:author has clearly explained the mode | ba addy y- Hendersoni is til o of the best early-yellow - 
extremities of th e branches, so ; that without due care, ng. mpones ; but t this n like others of its elass, rate 
ss rs summer laterals of the Peach are a sort of w usual, adame 
especially at the comme enc cement, the centre ‘a the tree, 
and the low est b f tho eon walls) 
e | 
substantial spray ; their lowest buds are situated about 
a rm lilac en white but perhaps one of a ate in 
aa 
comparison with oe higher up. This will cause 
m “hake quat Ba of ferti RA and quickly des so 
and a on z aari: ps 
feobled has ty “tts very 
chance wei deca; 
¢ various 5 ways of obtaining. this 
from a shoot proceeding from a mature 
Ki 
pushed SEn 
the; E aa 
of a leaves on the 
oots th 
» bud; they are 
slender bases to rest future hopes opo Nevertheless, | © 
are to be cut down to two e inter 
is Madame Fould, which is ered and 
finely formed, and — one of the ost ‘benatifal 
of Pompon General Canrobert is a ‘nbs formed 
cides 
One riper t plan i 3 hee allow a lingap number 
ini on a weak me, By 
removing a portion at the lea 
(cutting them in two is 
I 
ona vig 
the same season, us s push a small mis an i with some a great favourite; resem- 
fresh 5 shoot ; sa this has made t leaves, it i g 
p two; any future growths that may | Of large varieties one of the best is imddaitedly 
ture this is 
me: 
e Auguste Vulcan, a 
în | Sydenham Platt tus, Pio Nono, Phidias, Ne Plus Ultra, 
ount 
y as ible on a weak bran e equalise both bear a 
“Another method of strengthening a weak branch is | as above ae pa adame Clos, Golden Cluster, M Etn d 
= to.untie it-from the wall, and allow it to swing y| Now, the difference between the b ng sk the last a ge wy dark red variety, 
in the free play of sun and air on all its sides, one at voi spur system, es those in well m mingoa uen aes g Anemone-flowered yellow kinds Gluck ‘still 
least of which would otherwise receive nothing. By we have pointed out at | holds the first rank; it will be foun associate 
Pinching off the green ends of branches [shoots] some P 1088, is this: in the ae system the fruit i is borne on | for Emperor, a handsome ber variety, mentioned re 
time before the others, those reduced in length are | the lower part of shoots that have anor con tinually sn Teport of Mr. Salter’s ace last week. Fleur 
ecked ee growth, because they have not so many | pinched back whenever they endeavoured to 
eing shorter.” be: owes a few inches, In other case the fi Of Solanum. capsicastru’ Sr Macintosh has this. 
of the seasons for pening tl the moral borne on the lower. part of su _ shoots tisk were year a fine stock of plants, a fruit on which is just 
mi o ptite is ni ase that pruning duri mee g lants appear dwarf 
K a -There I te sight render a check ap more e prolific i than is usual ith this kind of Sola- 
de pae he i io this p sak that | sdvionble - His treatment of it i a as follows :— If good-siz 
thi i ble act has not py ae its FA attention ; „m the spur. system the shoot is dependent its siesliaee are wanted in mparatively short time, 
then e winter surprises us, r thr ree fully « deve eloped a "ane let the young plants be [nioan into the warmth pf 
a huge acetal je ae mass ae unrav result ting | an i e house early in spring, an soon 
AT ER 
ing very mue eh more labour and skill. This is a vicious 
from successive pinchings. 
Young or partially deve- 
elaborate pee he ae the pees | 
Aco Mr. 
tha bnti + +1. Knig 
all _ evils, oo errors, i they think are tins | young Jeaves: aie appropriate ee aya elabor a 
obliterated nN the weer season’s wood shall rec for their pass i Pihis aig we. well | t 
“A tree severely k, and tightly ailed. im Jer diane la coca par. as the w i 
pa tag ag 7 x so much forethought, | for ¿foli P 
we : aero king of tree, a smart semicircle | It is the unin 
s described over limbs, and branch after | the summer that. gives e td gs 
branch disappears “at one draw.” But it is as in life, | the lower part of piot shoots dn ordinary 
we can only hope with ri $5. tach nada thes fan traini re een 
violence of a wrong bias at the outset. ka even large fruit is -invaria btained favo 
balance should be preserved 3 no part of t 
pri 
system should run riot while the as teg ‘unfairly 
Cordon “training derives its mame from its fancifal 
A certain 
close pinching å in our climate. It may succee 
in Gue 
the ultimate success of 
mongoed patia 
cht where the author made his 
trees in pots in 
For these reasons we doubt 
France, 
its 
resemblan mee to a cord or chain. 
g branches are carried out, and (on them Spurs 
ranches ] 
PONE for 
orchard iip and Torsa Pe hann I ly Some 
wi 
ordon on the 
of which there is an Miostration fn in the 
triple system, 
3 pinching ‘wi will ree Pay i fh better than 
iach 2 the ‘hp icot, Pe sa ak cd | 
ted to be a ible o the Apri ear, Plum, ani 
Cher the sees en fruit spars, . bol: 
he ea | 
of the Peach and Nectarine. ‘This little gone ai 
very useful to those who wish to try the modes 
ier sized pots; at the ime examine th 
if are ig es be cramped, or the-soil in bad 
shining partly redace the size of the ball so as 
the little "rootlets at ted 
in mig is pat z 
straggling shoots so as ‘to 
oof compact pyramidal habit. The pieces senored 
strike. tai, and may therefore be gablored to inmate 
he stock. _ ordinary purposes 6-inch pots are age 
a and sunny a situatio bag they un 
keep. flowering and set fruit ae er than hy ponla 
f indoors, Tn September let them be moved 
