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THE PEAK AS A CORDON. 



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the like. It need scarcely be added that the trees in this case 

 should be on the Quince stock. 



The Pear may also be trained as a horizontal cordon on low 

 walls, the fronts of glass houses, and as an edging like the Apple. 

 But generally the Pear pushes too vigorously to be trained in this 

 way, while the pendulous habit of the fruit renders it more liable 

 to be splashed. I once saw Uvedale's St. G-ermaii; grown in this 



TJie Spiral Cordon against walls. 



way at Ohartres, the great fruit sitting on the ground, and quite 

 encrusted with earthy splashings. 



The disposition to form a neat compact line of spurs so 

 abundantly manifested by the Apple when well trained on. the 

 Paradise is more rarely shown by the Pear. Nevertheless a few 

 varieties, such as Louise Bonne and Beurre Giffard, might be 

 tried ; allowing them to attain a greater length of stem than the 

 cordon Apples, and placing them a little higher from the ground. 



