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quarters should be six feet wide ; this will take four rows 

 of trees. This distance is perhaps the most convenient 

 for pruning and watering, but it may_ be increased or 

 diminished at the will of the cultivator. 



Under this system trees which appear to be walking- 

 sticks in the winter will become wonderfully fertile ; 

 and if protection in spring can be afforded, the crop 

 is almost certain. As it is possible and probable that 

 during the summer some of the roots will have passed 

 through the bottom of the pots into the soil beneath, 

 it will be necessary, after the fruit is gathered and the 

 trees are at rest, to detach them from their anchorage 

 by taking up the pots and cutting off all the roots that 

 protrude through the drainage hole of the pot. As this 

 operation will break up the summer quarters of the 

 trees, there will be no necessity to replace them at the 

 distance requisite for their summer cultivation. They 

 may be much more closely packed for their winter 

 quarters, plunging them as mentioned before, and 

 during winter covering the pots thickly with straw or 

 stable litter. In this position they may be left without 

 any further care or attention until the returning spring 

 urges them again into fresh activity and fruitfulness. 



The Compound Trellis. See diagram, p. 180. 



The end posts a a, 3J by 5 inches of oak, 5 feet 

 6 inches out of ground, and 3 feet in ground, with blocks 

 2 feet long, B, and brace C to take the strain, with four 

 rows of No. 13 galvanised wire strained by Eaidisseurs, 

 the first 14 inches from ground, and 1 foot apart. 



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