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FRUIT TREES. 



ence has proved tliat no injury results from its use, 

 even in the case of peaches, we do not hesitate to re- 

 commend it in preference to wood, as being much the 

 more economical of the two. 



The form of the trellis must depend upon the form 

 that is intended to be given to the tree. If made of 

 wood it must be well nailed together, painted with 

 three coats, and fastened with staples. 



A wire trellis must be made as follows : — Extend 

 along the wall a sufficient number of lengths of gal- 



B A B 



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Fig. 94.— Wire Trellis for Palmette. 



vanised iron wires, about twelve inches apart. These 

 wires, being securely fastened at each end, must be 

 supported, at distances of a yard apart, by iron pins 

 having a hole through the thick end (B, figs. 94 and 

 95). The wires must be made as tight as possible by 

 means of a tightener (A, figs. 94 and 96) . This tightener 



