406 Method of Training Apple, Cherry, and Plum Trees. 



comes out much earlier, and the crop ripens sooner. The 

 trees are always clean, and free from insects ; J have ob- 

 served this even while some standards near them have had 

 their leaves curled by Aphides. 



The only Cherry that does not succeed in this way is our 

 Black-heart ; this I attribute to the damps which affect the 

 early blossoms, but in a milder climate this injury would be 

 obviated by placing the trellis higher from the ground. 

 When the trellis decays under the Apples, I never renew it, 

 as the trees always keep (from the strength of their branches) 

 their horizontal position. 



There are other advantages of treating fruit-trees in this 

 manner : they come sooner into bearing, and their fruit is 

 not affected by high winds. I never gather the Apples, but 

 let them drop off, for the distance they fall is not sufficient 

 to bruise them. 



Probably Pears trained in this way would answer well in 

 England. 



