. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 032 NOTES OP A HORTICULTURAL TOUR. tree trained to a single stem, or a vertical cordon, the top being allowed to grow as high as it likes, and thus close columns of leaves and fruits are formed as much as fifteen feet high. Nothing could exceed the fine condition of many of these trees, perfectly laden from top to bottom in many cases, and in many more bending arched to the ground with the weight of their fruit. They were not
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 032 NOTES OP A HORTICULTURAL TOUR. tree trained to a single stem, or a vertical cordon, the top being allowed to grow as high as it likes, and thus close columns of leaves and fruits are formed as much as fifteen feet high. Nothing could exceed the fine condition of many of these trees, perfectly laden from top to bottom in many cases, and in many more bending arched to the ground with the weight of their fruit. They were not staked, but when they are grown in a regular fruit garden it is the custom to securely connect them near the top by a line of wire, so that they cannot bend down with the weight of the fruit. Their advantages are that fruit and leaves enjoy abundance of sun and air. The fruit is said to be better flavoured than from Fig. Portion of Self-supporting espalier of Pear Trees, formed of horizontal and verti- cally trained trees, the points of the horizontally trained tree grafted by approach to the outer branches only of the vertical ones. the Pyramid tree, in which there is usually a good deal of shade, while they are perhaps the easiest of all forms to conduct, and a great many kinds may be grown on a small space. Their drawback appears to be the great height to which they attain; pruning, and the gathering of the fruit are not so facile as is desirable. In many French gardens a peculiarly simple and neat way of training espalier Pear trees may be seen (see Figs, on p. 629;, and there were good examples both here and in the next place described: It consists of a stout stake for the main trunk of the tree, and of wires running from this to stones or pegs. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robi
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