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consequently it should be shortened to about nine or ten 

 inches ; if it be, however, strong, it will in all probabihty 

 push out four laterals, two on each side; in that case, cut it 

 to double the length of the last. This mode of training is 

 consequently longer in filling the wall than that of the fan- 

 manner. In cases, where the soil is very good, and the trees 

 in a very vigorous habit, they will probably, in some cases, 

 push more than four lateral shoots in one year ; if this be 

 apprehended from their appearance, lay the leader in at a 

 greater length, and allow a greater number of laterals to be 

 laid in on each side. 



It appears to have been the object of cultivators, in devising 

 a number of forms of training, to attain some degree of con- 

 trol over tlie circulation of the sap, for the purpose of inducing 

 a gi-eater dcgiee of productiveness ; but how far they have 

 attained the end in view, does not clearly appear ; it is, 

 nevertheless, evident, that in proportion as tli-ey have diverged 

 from the above forms, they have produced deformed and ugly 

 trees. To train fruit-bearing trees, the principal use of which 

 is the production of fine fruit, into unnatural and uncouth 

 forms, merely for fancy's sake, appears as preposterous as it 

 is useless. 



To enter into a detail of all the forms recommended 

 would be useless, and far exceed our limits. We give the 

 following, as specimens of the sub-varieties of the two lead- 

 ing modes, which may be considered the fan and the hori- 

 zontal. No. 1, the irregular fan; No. 2, the stellate fan; 



No,\ No. 2, 



