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tree trained a la Montreuil, as now practised. The figures re- 

 present the years in which the respective branches were origin- 

 ated, reckoning from the plantation of the tree. From this it 

 will be seen that no branches are permitted to grow on the upper 

 side of the two main branches (branches meres), marked No. 1, 

 till the fourth year ; and . then the branch No. 4 is allowed to 

 push ; in the fifth year No. 5 is originated ; and finally, in the 

 sixth year No. 6. It must be observed that Nos. 5 and 6 will 

 still be apt to appropriate more sap than Nos. 2, 3, 3, although 

 these have been three or four years longer established. Aware 

 of this, M. Lepere has acted on the principle of allowing the 

 under branches a still longer period to establish themselves before 

 any are encouraged on the upper side. He has the east aspect 

 of one wall covered with trees managed according to his Pra- 

 tique JRaisonnee de la Taille du Pecker en Espalier carrc. The 

 trees were 16 years old : one of them extended 40 feet, others 30 

 feet, on the wall, which is 8^ feet high. 



