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by a single line of open espaliers, a double number of 

 fruit trees, one half of them having an eastern and the 

 other a western wall. The second year from planting 

 I was rewarded by a nice crop : and although the trees 

 were then young, the fruit, had I been disposed to sell 

 it, would have realized more than the original cost of 

 the walls : and this last year I have had against them 

 as fine crops of Beurre d'Amanlis, Thompson's, Gan- 

 sel's Bergamot (double grafted on the quince), "Wil- 

 liams's Bon Chretien, Chaumontel, and other pears, as 

 need be desired, and also fair crops of greengage, pur- 

 ple gage, and Kirke's plums. 



" I have not adopted wooden walls along my north 

 or south borders, because one side would be useless ; 

 but instead of them I nailed cheap calico at the north 

 side of some of my espalier rails which run east and 

 west, thus giving to the trees next the walk a southern 

 aspect. The calico is secured to the posts and to the 

 rail at top by tape, in which numerous tacks are 

 driven. When first put up, it got a good coat of oil 

 and black paint, and, with the exception of a few small 

 holes made by accident, and which can easily be re- 

 paired, it is now, in its third year, strong as ever, tight 

 as a drum, and having the appearance and something 

 of the sound of sheet-iron. I grew against those cot- 

 ton walls this past year as fine crops of Josephine de 

 Malines, Marechal de la Cour, Beurre d'Aremberg, 

 and Marie Louise pears, as the most ardent horticultu- 

 rist could desire. 



" There is another mode in which I have cultivated 

 fruit trees; but it is right to say that the idea, although 

 T had not seen it put into practice elsewhere, was taken 

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