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THE MINIATURE ERUIT GARDEN". 



moval, these operations — like Dr. Sangrado's bleeding 

 and warm water — will do all. 



Yertieal cordon trees, not only of pears but of cher- 

 ries on the Mahaleb stock ; of plums, and of Ameri- 

 can apples on the Paradise stock (peach trees are too 

 vigorous in their habit), may be planted against walls 

 in gardens, if of a moderate size, to great advantage. 

 As so much variety may be had in a small space, let 

 the reader imagine himself to have a brick wall with 

 a southern aspect, 20 feet long and 8 or 10 feet high. 

 According to old notions, this would afford space for 

 one tree, but with vertical cordon training, I repeat, 

 fioe trees may be cultivated, and thus give five chances 

 to one. 



If upright trained trees on the quince stock can not 

 be procured, those that are trained horizontally, with 

 five or seven branches, may be planted against the 

 wall or fence destined for them ; and their young 

 shoots, a, and b, b, in Fig. 6, be made to curve 

 gently till they are perpendicular — the young shoots 

 of pear trees are very pliable, and will easily bend to 

 the required shape. The lower part of each shoot in 

 such cases must be fastened to the wall with shreds 

 and nails, in the usual way, and the remaining part 

 brought round to an upright position. If they are 

 more than two feet in length, each of these shoots must 

 then be shortened to it. These shortened branches 

 will, in May, each put forth two or three shoots. As 

 soon as they have made four leaves, pinch all but one 

 on each branch to three leaves, leaving the topmost 

 one to each shoot, a, a, and b, b, as above, also to the 

 leader. You will thus, if your tree be five branched, 



