76 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



feet, by iron pins eighteen iiifljcs long, the size of a 

 small curtain-rod, or smaller, flattened at tlie top and 

 piereed with a hole, to allow the wire to pass tjjrough ; 

 tliese should be stiiek into the ground, so as to stand 

 on a level with the stiaiiiiiif^-posts. The trees should 

 be planted six feet apart, and when the top of one tree 

 reaelies to another the young shoot may be grafted on to 

 the bii.se of the next, so as to form a continuous cordon. 

 This is best done by merely takini:; ofl" a slip of liark, 

 two inches long, from the under part of the young ^ho<it, 

 and a corresponding piece of bark from the upper part 

 of the stem of the tree to which it is to be united, so 

 that tlicy fit tolerably well. They should then be 

 firmly bound with bast, and a bunch of mo.ss — a 

 handful — as firmly bound over the union ; the binding 

 as well as the moss may remain on till the autumn. 

 The trees do not grow so rapidly a!s conimun grafts, 

 so that tlic ligatures will not cut Into the bark. 



Every side shoot < if these eordons should be rigor- 

 ously pinched into three leaves all the summer, and 

 the fruit, from being near the earth, and thus profit- 

 ing larirely by radiation, will be very fine. 



The double lateral cordon, sec Fii,'. 14, which is a 

 ureat improvement on the French single cordon, 

 re(piircs the same training, pinching-in, and manage- 

 ment. 



The great cliango in fruit culture that may bo 

 brought about by training these doul)le lateral cordons 

 under glass ridgi'S is obvious enough. The figure (l."') 

 will givesonn' faint idea of the advantages of this new 

 system of culture — they are endless; for not only cxa 

 ])caches, nectarines, apricots, plums, apjile.-^, and po;irs 



