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rising to the top of the wall, or in other words, forming a 

 great oblong frame for the interior. Then there is the Taille 

 a la Montreuil, a sort of fan-tail, but with the divisions some- 

 what far from the base in most cases, and several modifica- 

 tions of the common horizontal mode of training, which we 

 employ so much for the Pear, but never for the Peach. These 

 seem favourite varieties, and by their means the walls are 

 perfectly covered — if indeed one can draw any distinction 



Fig. 264. 



Spring aspect of Fruit Garden formed in North Germany by M. Lepere fils, 

 on the same plan as the best gardens at Montreuil. 



between the walls here, which are all as fresh-looldng as a 

 meadow in May. 



A form presenting the advantage of the cordon, without 

 its too confined and unnatural development, is very common. 

 It is properly termed the U, bearing a considerable resem- 

 blance to that letter much elongated. Frequently this is 

 doubled, and a tree with four ascending branches obtained. 

 These forms are excellent for poor ground, or that in which 

 the Peach grows with but little vigour. The number of 

 fruit borne by the finer examples of trees here rusn from 



