S4:2 THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. [Jan, 



No. 3, the di'ooping fan ; No. 4, the wavy fan ; Nb. 5, the 

 horizontal, with screw stem ; No. 6, the horizontal, with double 

 stem. 



Xo. 5. No. 6. 



The first five modes of training here represented, are appli- 

 cable to cherries, plums, and some other fruits, with slight mo- 

 difications, as well as to apples and pears : and trees trained in 

 either of these ways, other circumstances being favorable, pro- 

 duce abundant crops of fruit, and, by adopting a system of 

 judicious pruning, may be long kept in a healthy and bearing 

 state. 



In training the apple and pear, some have recommended the 

 vertical mode of training, and this method very often occurs in 

 the gardens of Scotland. Of this method there are two va- 



