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tended to remain permanently, and between them should be 

 planted riders of the same sorts of fruits, in order the sooner 

 to fill the wall. This is to be understood for walls of more 

 than ten feet in height ; but for walls of a less height, it is not 

 worth while, as gooseberries, currants, or raspberries, will 

 answer better, and produce fruit sooner ; but, as the perma- 

 nent trees, which should always be dwarfs, fill up, the riders 

 or other substitutes should be cut away by degrees, to make 

 room for them. The next division should consist of the finer 

 sorts of ]>ears, which should be planted dwarfs, and at from 

 twenty-four to thirty feet apart, according to the mode of 

 training intended to be adopted, whether flm-formcd or hori- 

 zontally ; the latter mode requires the greater distance, but 

 the former being the most natural, and unquestionably the 

 most elegant, is now generally adopted; between them may 

 be planted riders of chemes, plums, or peaches and nectarines. 

 As the finer sons of pears attain a considerable size and age, 

 even under the best management, before they produce fruit, a 

 considerable advantage will be gained by planting such trees 

 as will fruit soon, and be in their turn cut out as the pears 

 advance. The next division will be the choicest sorts of 

 apples, and they should be planted at from eighteen to twenty 

 feet apart, and the intermediate spaces also filled up with such 

 trees as will produce fruit soonest, and be also cut out as the 

 apples advance. Apricots should occupy a smaller proportion, 

 as they will, in good situations, arrive at great maturity, having 

 either an eastern or western aspect. One or two trees will, 

 in a good situation, be sufficient for a south wall, and those 

 merely to come in a few days sooner than those on the other 

 aspects. Plums and cherries should also, in favorable situa- 

 tions, occupy only a small proportion of south wall, as they 

 will do equally well on other aspects ; a tree or two of each 

 may be planted for the same purpose as the apricot, or they 

 may be introduced in the spaces between the other permanent 

 trees, to be cut out as will be found necessary. The Morella 

 cherry is much improved by being planted on a south aspect ; 

 one of them may be planted, and also a May-duke, as the 

 latter, being an early fruit, will be a gi'eat acquisition to the 

 dessert before the other fruits ripen. 



