Cji THE UIXrATniE FEUIT GAEDEN. 



canker, the roots should he annually root-pruned, or 

 the trees lifted — i. e., taken up and replanted. If, 

 however, the trees make shoots of only moderate vig- 

 or, and are healthy and fruitful, their roots may remain 

 undisturbed ; and pinching their shoots in ^niniuer. as 

 directed for pyramidal ]iears, pajjc 9, and training 

 them in a proper direction, is all that tliey will want. 

 ryrainids on the Paradise stock may be planted four 

 feet apart in confined gardens ; five feet will give them 

 abundance of room ; but if, o\ving to the soil being of 

 extra fertility, they are found to require more, the 

 trees, if they have been root-pruned, may be removed 

 almost without receiving a check, even if they are 

 twenty years old. This is a great comfort t' > the ama- 

 teur gardener, who amuses himself with improving 

 liis garden ; for how often docs a favorite fruit tree, 

 wliich cannot be removed, prevent some projected im- 

 provement ! 



Ajiples differ greatly in their habits of growth; 

 some arc inclined to grow close and compact, like a 

 cypress — these are the proper sorts for pyramids ; 

 others, horizontally and crooked — these should be 

 gro\ni as bushes ; otliers, again, are slender and thin 

 in their growth, so that, to form a good pyramid of 

 tliese Nlemler-growing varieties, it is necessary to be- 

 gin the liist year with a young tree, and to pinch the 

 leader as soon as it is six inches long. If by anv nec- 

 U'ct the lower part ol' tlie pyramid bo not furnished 

 with shoots, I111I iiave dormant buds, i>r buds witli 

 only two or three leaves attached, a uoteh must be cut, 

 about linlf an inch in width, just ahoir the bud fi"om 

 whicli a shoot is recpiired. This notch must be cut 



