The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . spursby the proper means. In the spring of the following year, theyoung trees having taken goofi hold of the ground, and alreadygrown, each stem is to be inclined from its base at an angle of45°. During the succeeding summer one vigorous shoot is al-lowed to develope in a vertical direction inmiediately above thebend. In the 4th spring the branch produced by this bud bent, half a yard above the ground, parallel to the firstbranch. Care is to be taken during the next summer to maintain anequal vigour in the two branches of each tree
The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . spursby the proper means. In the spring of the following year, theyoung trees having taken goofi hold of the ground, and alreadygrown, each stem is to be inclined from its base at an angle of45°. During the succeeding summer one vigorous shoot is al-lowed to develope in a vertical direction inmiediately above thebend. In the 4th spring the branch produced by this bud bent, half a yard above the ground, parallel to the firstbranch. Care is to be taken during the next summer to maintain anequal vigour in the two branches of each tree, and to promotethe vigorous growth of each terminal shoot by converting all theothers into spurs. In pruning, about 32 inches of the leadingshoots should be left, unless they are of unequal strength, inwhich case the strongest is cut shorter. The same operation isrepeated eveiy year until the trees reach the top of the wall. If it were desirerl to apply this plan to Cherry, Plum, or Apri- VOL. VII. T TWO NEW FORMS OF TBAINING WALL TKEES. to. TWO NKW FOKMS OF TEAUNING WALL TUBES. 259 cot trees, the young trees should be planted at a distance of 2feet instead of nearly 3 feet from each other, in order to havethe branches 8 inches apart, which is sufficient in these advantages of this plan are the same as those which belongto that adopted in the case of Peach-trees. The two brancheswhich each tree has may be obtained in 6 years at most, andthus time is gained to the extent of 11 years for Pears and loyears for Cherries, Plums, and Aprii-ots. The powers of pro-duction and of vitality do not appear to be lessened by adoptingthe double any more than by adopting the single course. It is no small recommendation to be able to adopt, for treesagainst walls, a form which is obtained and kept up at a muchless cost of time and care than is ordinarily incurred, and to fillup with ease any empty space to which acciilent may give rise;but if in addition we find that the same s
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