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CHAPTER XI. 



Nailing fruit trees. 



The securing of wall trees requires con- 

 siderable attention, not only as it respects 

 the beauty, but the health of them ; for when 

 it is performed in a careless manner, the trees 

 are liable to sustain injury. Various are the 

 methods practised in accomplishing this part 

 of our work; but I prefer the old method of 

 securing them by nails and shreds, as being 

 far superior to any other I have yet seen. 

 For some of them completely destroy the 

 beauty and regularity of the tree; but by the 

 old method the tree can be brought to any 

 desired form, and every shoot be trained in 

 its proper place. One of the methods al- 

 luded to is, to have a wood trellis which will 

 completely cover the wall, to which the trees 

 are fastened; if the trellis be fixed close to 

 the wall, they are nailed to it; but if at a 

 distance from it, they are tied by matting or 

 otherwise. Both are objectionable, the for- 

 mer because behind the trellis there is an 

 harbour for insects, and the latter in addition 

 to that, prevents the trees from coming in 

 close contact with the wall, and thereby de- 

 prives them of the benefit they would receive 



