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the peach, which should be cut at from om.40 to om.50. Of these three 

 buds the terminal one should be on the same side as the graft swelling, and the 

 other two should be on the right and left. 



The stem should then be successively cut, for the peach at om.5, and for 



Fan-Trained (Palmate) Pear Tree showing 

 First Series op Branches 



other kinds at om.30 above the last series produced similarly. Except where 

 the established branches are thought not to be sufficiently strong, a series is 

 taken each year. 



In order to form palmates with a double stem, a beginning is made by 



Fan-Trained (Palmate) Pear Tree with^Two Series 

 OF Branches 



obtaining a U at om.20 from the ground, and then proceeding as with a single 

 stem — the first branches beginning at om.io or om.30 from the ground. 

 The union of the palmate with oblique branches and that with horizontal 

 branches constitutes the popular Cossonet form. 



Finally, nothing is more easy than to transform a palmate with oblique 



