CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Grafting 1 



Grafting Mastic 3 



Grafting by Approach, or Inarching . . , . . . 4 

 Branch Grafting 9 



Cleft Grafting . . . ' 12 



Crown Grafting 15 



Side Branch Grafting 16 



Budding or Shield Grafting 19 



On Pruning and Training 23 



General Principles 24 



Periods for Pruning .40 



Instruments 42 



Method of Pruning 43 



The Pear 45 



List of Choice Pears 47 



Training and Pruning . . . . . . .52 



Obtaining Fruit-branches 64 



Maintaining ditto 77 



Training in Yase or Goblet form . . . . .82 

 J, form of Column . . . . . .86 



„ as Double Contra Espaliers 89 



„ Verrier' s Palmetto 95 



Nailing up 103 



Wire Trellis for Palmetto 106 



In Oblique Cordon 109 



Trellis for ditto 116 



Training in Vertical Cordon ^ 119 



Trellis for ditto . . . ^ 121 



Standard Pear Trees 123 



The Apple 127 



Varieties . .128 



Training and Pruning 131 



Low Apple Espalier . . . . ' . . . .132 

 Mode of Inarching 133 



