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supposition,, the outer ends of the shoots are several inches 

 higher than where they spring from the ascending axis. 



Many cordons are to be seen in abundant bearing in 

 the garden, both against the walls and in the open. The 

 Cah^lles against the walls were very good, and were 

 not always confined to a single line, but were superimposed. 

 It is a better plan to confine them to a single stem, allowing 

 that to elongate as much as space will permit, that is, if 

 the space to be covered is a mere narrow strip of wall, as is 

 the case under these Peach trees, and the object be to secure 

 a crop of the finest fruit. Some of the Calville and other 

 Apples to be seen here on cordons have nut-brown scars 



Fig. 273. 



Multiple Grafting by approach, to furnish bare spaces on the stems of 

 Peach Trees. A, A, A, ligatures of Grafts. 



near the apex, showing where the destructive worm has 

 been cut out ; by taking it in time the fruit is saved, 

 and this attention, which would be ridiculous in the case 

 of ordinary fruit, is repaid in the case of the Calville, 

 for the very finest specimens of which four francs each 

 are sometimes received by the owner of this garden. 

 It need hardly be added that this price is for fruit quite 

 exceptional both as to appearance and size. There 

 are specimens of the Peach trained as cordons bear- 

 ing plenty of fruit, but they present few advantages 

 in this case that should make them be preferred to 

 forms that are more fully developed. It is not with them. 



