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The Saddle Espalier. — Little need be said about 

 this, for it is merely the trellised arcade, divested of 

 the tall uprights. These are extensively employed in 

 her Majesty's gardens at Frogmore, and tend to give 

 the whole a geometric and highly-finished appearance. 

 These would, perhaps, be more eligible for the owners 

 of small gardens than any of the other modes ; more 

 especially if made in the manner of the strained wire 

 rail before described. They may be from three to 

 five feet high in the centre, and about five feet wide 

 at the base ; the bottom wires coming to within six 

 inches of the ground. 



We have now gone through the principal forms of 

 espalier training, as applicable to the apple ; and will 

 now proceed to say a few words about fancy modes of 

 training, without fencing or treillage of any kind. 



Pyramidal or Conical Training. — We are not aware 

 that this mode has been applied to the apple to any 

 extent, but we can see no reason why it should not, 

 where space is very limited, or artistical forms are re- 

 quisite, which is sometimes the case in the immediate 

 vicinity of buildings. Fine young plants, with strong 

 and straight shoots, must be selected for the purpose, 

 and they must be headed back, when established, to 

 about thirty inches, in order to cause them to develop 

 abundance of side shoots. A leader must be selected, 

 and trained upward to form the main stem, and this 



