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length of tree has been trained in this manner. In few places in 

 France is the espalier system so extensively and so well carried 

 out as here. The form here represented is much better than the 

 cordon or single-branched Pear-tree, because a more free and 

 natural development is allowed to the tree : at the same time the 



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VzpTjL' of portion of sqnare devoted to double espaliers of Pear-trees at Versailles. 



trellis is covered quickly, and a considerable variety of fruit may 

 be obtained from a small space. It is very extensively adopted 

 by M. Hardy, upon walls as well as on the neat trellis, of which 

 he has constructed so much. Of course the Palmetto Verrier, the 

 fan, or any other form may be trained on these trellises, but 

 decidedly the best of them are such as combine the advantages of 



