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FRUIT TREES. 



protected from tlie heat of the sun by tlie leaves. By 

 the old method this could not be done, the fruit only 

 growing on both sides of the branches. 



4. The shoots and fruit-branches being kept much 

 shorter, it is no longer necessary to leave between the 

 wood-branches a space of 20 or 24 inches for the fasten- 

 ing up of the shoots and branches, an interval of twelve 



Fig. 163.— Small Irregular Branch with one Shoot. 



inches being sufficient by the new method. By this 

 means the number of principal branches may be doubled 

 on a given surface of wall, and the quantity of fruit 

 will be also double. 



Fig. 164.— Irregular Branch, bearing only Fruit-Buds, 



Peach trees trained as Verrier palmettes submitted to 

 this modification will present the appearance of the 



