66 FRUIT TREES IN POTS [ch. 



If a large variety, 4 or 5 fruits ; 

 ,, medium ,, 6 or 8 fruits ; 

 ,, small „ 10 or 12 fruits. 



Each succeeding year an increase of 3, 5, 6, or 

 8 fruits per tree, according to the size of the 

 variety 



In the foregoing table I have endeavoured to 

 give a safe number for each tree to bear, but 

 should any tree become sickly or dehcate, it must 

 be borne in mind that a light crop only should 

 reixiain on the tree the following year. This will 

 help to restore the tree to health and vigour, and 

 what is lost one season will probably be regained 

 in the next. It is somewhat difficult to determine 

 what a tree shall bear and what it shaU not bear, 

 but if this table is followed with judgment, there 

 will be httle cause for regret. Of course, very 

 many more fruits may be grown on trees in pots, 

 but only at the expense of the quality of the fruit, 

 and to the detriment of the trees as regards health 

 and vigour. 



Of course, there are both larger and smaller 

 trees sometimes supplied by nurserymen ; and 

 if these are bought their capabilities may be 

 easily arrived at, as they will either bear a 

 larger or smaller crop according to the size of 

 the trees. 



Let no one imagine that the crop per tree 



