GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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FORMS OF FRUIT TREES, AS USUALLY SOLD FROM THE NURSERY. 



1. 



3. 



No. 1. Standard, with stem or trunk three to four feet clear of branches. Standard Apples, Pears, 

 Cherries and Plums, have usually this form. 



No. 2. Dwarf Apples, on Paradise stock, have usually this form. 



No. 3. Dwarf Trees. The usual appearance of Dwarf Pear trees, two to three years from bud, 

 prepared for training in pyramidal form. 



TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING THE HABIT OF GROWTH. 



Referring to young trees of two to four years' growth. 



Vigorous. — Being those varieties of strong, rapid growth. 

 Free. — Varieties which rank next to the above in growth. 

 Moderate. — Varieties which make a fair growth, some being slender growers, others slow growers-. 



