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part of the wall exposed to the sun may thus be used. 

 A standard cordon with a stem six feet high may also 

 be used for the top of the wall, the main surface being 

 occupied by other trees. A cordon fidnge, or cornice, 

 will be found exceedingly ornamental, and may be 

 carried the entire length of a wall, the standards being 

 planted at intervals of twenty feet or more. 



Many other forms of cordon training will, doubtless, 

 be discovered as the system becomes better known. 



Single horizontal cordons (fig. 26) require the 

 same pruning as the double, but the dwarf maiden tree 

 does not absolutely require the cuttirig-back necessary 

 for double cordons. The tree may be planted in a 

 slanting position against the training wire, and the 

 shoot tied down. The first year after planting, most 

 of the buds will break and produce shoots ; these must 

 be treated in the same manner as the double horizontal 

 cordons. If a single cordon is required for a special 

 height, the shoot should be shortened to the height 

 required, and a single horizontal shoot selected to form 

 the cordon. 



Single oblique or diagonal cordons may be planted 

 to training wires by the sides of walks, or in rows in 

 the garden devoted to their cultivation. The space 

 given up to them will yield an ample and quick return 

 in fruit. They may be planted 1^ ft. apart, and if the 

 cultivator does not object to wait a year, dwarf maiden 

 trees are the best to plant, as they may be bought 

 cheaply. The trees should be planted upright, and the 



