PEAE TEEES TEAINED AS COEDONS 



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from those marked a, a. This tree, with five branches, 

 will thus occupy thirty-two inches — say three feet of 

 wall room; a tree with seven branches will require 

 four feet, but as some space ought to be allowed for 

 the spurs on the outside branches, say five feet. If 

 the wall be of a moderate height, eight feet for instance,. 



Fig. 6 — A PIVB-BEANOHED VBETTCAL CORDON PBAB TBEB 



a tree with seven branches will produce quite enough 

 fruit of one sort. This method offers a strong contrast 

 to espaliers on pear stocks, planted in the usual manner 

 twenty-four feet apart and trained horizontally ; nearly 

 five trees for one will give so many additional chances 

 to the pear cultivator ; the single tree may fail, or its 



