94 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDKX. 



The following \ jirietics form handsome pyramidal 

 trees, and bear fruit of the finest quality : — 



Bello d'Orlcans* 



^liLriirri'iiii Napoleon 

 lll!i. U F,„glo» 

 Black Tartarian 

 Down ton 



Elton* 

 Florence* 

 fjov(.rnor Wood* 

 Knlght'o K.nrly Black* 

 (ililo Biauiy 

 Wirdcr'a Karlv Black 



I liave thus far given the results of my experience 

 in the culture of pyramidal trees. Tlte meth< id is not 

 by any means new, fur visitors to the Continent, for 

 these last fifty years, mnst have often observed the 

 numerous pyramids of France and BelgiuLm. The 

 system of anniial and biennial n^ot-pruning I must, 

 however, claim :^s original, for I I'eel assiireil tliat in 

 our moist climate — too moist for many varieties of 

 fruit — such check is required to keep pyramids that 

 are under summer pinchiiii; in a healthy, fruitful >tate. 

 The defect in the 2>yramidal trees of the Continental 

 <;;anleiuTs is tlieir tendency to an enormous pr.nluc- 

 tion of leaves and shoots, brought on by severe annual 

 pruning of their shoots. The climate is probably too 

 dry for rout-pruning; yet I cannot help thinking that 

 if it were follnwed by manuring thickly on the sur- 

 face, and occasional watering, it would make their 

 trees |iro(lii;iously fruitful. 



At the risk of ivpetition, and writing from my own 

 <\]iiTieiu'e, I must say that no gardeniiijj: operation 

 ran be more ai^reeable than paying daily attention to 

 !i plantation ol' iiyramid>. From the eiul of May to 

 the end of. Inly — lliosi' lieautifiil months of our .-hort 

 hummrr tlieie are always shoots (o watch, to pinch, 

 to (lireil, tViiit to tliiii, and a host of pleiusant opera- 

 tion-^, so winning to one who loves his giu'den and 

 e\Tr\ tree and plant in it. 



