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FRUIT TREES. 



commended and described for espalier pears, wHcli we 

 called the simple oblique cordon. We applied this 

 form to peaches, in the year 1843, at the Jardin des 

 Plantes, at Rouen. The operation is performed thus : — 

 We choose for planting, young trees of one year, 

 from budding with only one stem (fig. 151) ; these are 



rig. 151— Oblique Cordon, Fig. 152.— Oblique Cordon, 



First Year. Second Year. 



planted 30 inches apart, and inclined at first to an 

 angle of 60 degrees. At the first pruning they must 

 be cut at eight or twelve inches from their base, above 

 a front wood-bud (A, fig. 151). If there are any 

 irregular shoots below the cut, they must be entirely 

 removed from before and behind ; all the rest must be 

 cut above the two wood-buds nearest their base. 



