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Trellises of this kind are generally of iron; the uprights, or 
supporters, about six feet apart, and the horizontal wires nine 
inches asunder, for Apples and Pears. The uprights are some- 
times fixed in oak stumps, or what is much better, in stone 
bases. Such trellises are peculiarly adapted to the mode of 
training described in section 278 of the Auctarium ; and which 
consists of tying in, instead of cutting away, a regular portion 
of young wood of a fruitful character. 
286 2nd. Horizontal Rails, or Table Trellises. These, 
like the upright trellis, are by no means a new invention. They 
have, however, not unfrequently failed in producing the proper 
amount of success; for the reasons given in the preceding 
section. The advantages they possess, as to a warmer atmos- 
phere, over every other mode of training, with the exception of 
walls or fences, justify me in recommending them to the particu- 
lar notice of owners of small gardens. I have used table trellises 
extensively for the last fifteen years, and can bear ample testi- 
mony to their complete efficiency, when under proper manage- 
ment. Like the upright treillage, they are a suitable accom- 
paniment to the garden walk ; but do not, like those, admit of 
an accompanying flower border. The best height of such 
trellis from the ground, according to my experience, is about 
one foot ; with a horizontal width of four or five feet. They 
may be either metallic, or of wood; and for Apples and Pears 
of the tender kinds, should possess parallel rails or bars, run- 
ning in all cases north and south, at about ten or eleven inches 
apart. The soil beneath them having been duly prepared, 
according to the platform mode, as detailed in the Auctarium, 
section 23d, the surface of the soil should be covered, if possible, 
with slates, to absorb heat; these, however, are not indispen- 
sable under this mode of training, but they assist in perfecting 
both wood and fruit. If such a trellis were fitted up to receive 
a canvas covering during frosty nights, in the end of March or 
beginning of April, a crop of fruit might always be calculated 
on ; and such protection may be readily accomplished, by plac- 
ing a slight rail on each side of the trellis. The canvas would 
again be advantageous, at the end of September, for covering 
the trellis, from about three o’clock in the afternoon, especially 
after a sunny day, when the warmth of the atmosphere in the 
vicinity of the branches and fruit, would be kept up for some 
