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& APR 17 1937 ☆ 
U. S. 'Department of Agrioulture. 
TRAINED FRUIT TREES 
Distinctive ... Practical ... Decorative 
Trained Fruit Trees should have a place in every garden and we are sure many gardeners 
will welcome our offer of these trees at this time. It is a simple matter to erect a ''post and 
wire” fence to which they may be lightly tied or to a "wired wall,” which is accomplished 
by driving wall hooks into the wall at intervals of 1 foot each way, leaving 4-5 inches pro¬ 
truding, to which the galvanized wires are horizontally attached. The "leaders” of the trees 
are carefully tied to the wires by "figure of eight” loops of tarred twine or heavy raffia, which 
allows limited leeway and prevents chafing. 
Grown on the post and wire method, trained fruit trees are very ornamental in the garden 
—indeed they make a useful and artistic wind screen and background to flower beds and 
borders, the blossoms and, later, the highly colored fruit adding further brightness to the border. 
They bear splendid crop of nicely colored, large fruit, without shading or otherwise inter¬ 
fering with the flowers or vegetable crops planted nearby; fruit is easily gathered and trees are 
readily manured and pruned. 
They serve a dual purpose, being both ornamental and useful. In Spring their exquisite 
blossoms add a decorative touch to the early garden display, but our appreciation is greatest 
I when they offer us their luscious fruits in the Fall. 
There are good reasons why trained fruit trees should be seen frequently in small gardens 
as well as on large estates, to which they have been mostly restricted in the past. Probably the 
difficulty experienced in finding the proper material has been an influence in preventing the 
use of trained trees, but this difficulty no longer exists and the cost of trees, which have been 
started in either espalier or cordon form, is by no means prohibitive. 
Trained trees enable the owners of small properties to utilize wall space which might other¬ 
wise be wasted. The side of a building or a board fence may thus be made to produce sur¬ 
prisingly large crops of choice apples, pears, peaches, cherries and even nectarines. Only three 
years are required ordinarily for these trees to reach the bearing age and, apart from their 
practical value, they lend a touch of the "old world” to the garden which is seen all too rarely 
in this country. 
Trained trees should be planted 1 2 to 15 inches from a wall to allow for fruit development. 
A. E. WOHLERT 
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The Garden Nurseries 
Montgomery Avenue Narberth, Pa. 
Ask for free descriptive list of our 12 varieties of Oriental Wistaria and send 
10 cents for your copy of our book, “Flowering Trees of the Orientwhich 
describes 3 7 sorts of Japanese Cherries and 24 sorts of Flowering Crabs . 
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A COMPLETE LINE OF NURSERY STOCK ON OUR 350 ACRES 
