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THE FLORIST. 
FRUIT CULTURE.—No. V. 
BY MR. POWELL, ROYAL GARDENS, FROGMORE. 
[Continued from page 182 .) 
Horizontal training is more suitable for the Apple, the Pear, and 
the Plum than it is for other fruit, especially the Pear; and where the 
walls are low it is doubtless the best mode of training, i. e,, if proper 
kinds are selected for the purpose; such as those recommended in a 
previous paper for conical standards will apply to the Pear for hori¬ 
zontal training. The Pear, when trained in this manner, produces its 
fruit from spurs alone ; but there are some varieties that will not bear 
well in this manner, except the spurs are allowed to extend from the 
main branches, which is very unsightly, and the advantage of the wall 
is lost; it is advisable, therefore, to be careful in selecting the sorts for 
this mode of training. Horizontal training, fig. 12, consists of a perpen¬ 
dicular stem carried to the top of the wall, with side branches diverging 
in a horizontal position about a foot apart. To commence a tree of this 
description select a plant with three shoots, two of which will furnish the 
lower branches; the other, trained vertically, and shortened to about ten 
inches, to form the second pair of branches and the leader. During the 
next summer’s growth, if the tree is vigorous, pinch off the point of the 
centre shoot when it has made a growth of six inches, it will then pro¬ 
bably make another pair of branches during the summer ; so continue 
on in the same manner till the tree reaches the top of the wall, when 
the vertical stem should terminate and form itself into the last pair of 
horizontal branches. The operation of stopping the leading shoot 
during the summer must be regulated according to the strength of the 
tree. With due attention to stopping three pairs of shoots are sometimes 
got in one season, which is a great advantage, the main object being to 
