264 THE PAEKS AND GAEDENS OP PAEIS. [Chap. XVII- 



once cheap, neat, and almost everlasting. Instead of employing 

 ugly and perishable wooden supports he erects uprights of T-iron, 

 and connects these with slender galranised wire. These are 

 tightened with raidisseurs, .without difficulty. He erects this 

 trellising nine feet high for less than a shilling a yard run; 

 but it could not be done so cheaply in small quantities. Then, 

 instead of adopting the common form of espalier-tree, with 



TRELLIS FOR PEAR-TREES ! TEN FEET HIGH. 



Uprights and stays of T-iron', horizontal lines, slender galvanised wire I ver- 

 tical lines, pine-wood rods half an inch square and painted green ; to these 

 the ascending branches are trained. 



horizontal branches, he more frequently plants trees of which the 

 branches ascend directly towards the top of the trellis. The 

 accompanying figures will give a better idea of both trellis and 

 tree than any description. There is no more important matter 

 connected with our fruit-culture than this. Those who give their 

 attention to this system will be led to adopt it, and will much 

 improve their fruit -culture. The finest stores of Pears to be seen 

 anywhere are to be found in those French gardens in which a good 



