. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. ral management is the sameas recommended for lateral cordons. In cold and unfavourable districts the finersorts of Apples may be grown as upright cor-dons, and trained to walls. The leading shootrequires to be stopped twice during the growingseason, in order that the spurs may form regu-larly. Trees of this description are some-times planted between the usual fan-trainedwall-trees, marking the division between them,and from such trees very fine fruit may beobtained. The best position
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. ral management is the sameas recommended for lateral cordons. In cold and unfavourable districts the finersorts of Apples may be grown as upright cor-dons, and trained to walls. The leading shootrequires to be stopped twice during the growingseason, in order that the spurs may form regu-larly. Trees of this description are some-times planted between the usual fan-trainedwall-trees, marking the division between them,and from such trees very fine fruit may beobtained. The best position for horizontal cordons is bythe side of walks in the kitchen-garden. Xodoubt many other positions would suggestthemselves to the intelligent cultivator, suchas the front of a warm border for choicevarieties. By this method of culture fruit ofthe highest quality is obtained, and at the same time angarden. interesting feature is added to the 46 66 THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT. Espaliers (fig. 865).—This mode of trainingis well adapted for the Apple either in large orsmall gardens. The trees are easily managed;. and the fruit can be well exposed to both sunand air, whilst it is more secure from being blowndown by wind than when it is grown either onstandards or dwarfs. These advantages ought annual disappointment is the result. It maybe well, therefore, to point out the cause of will suppose that the horizontal brancheshave been trained at properdistances, and that the in-tended number of them hasbeen obtained. A numberof shoots will grow in anupright direction from theupper sides of each horizon-tal, but more especially fromthe topmost ones. Eachof the shoots on these will,from their position, com-mand more sap than theshoots which constitute theleaders of the us take one of them: ifwe allow it to grow duringthe season, and then cut itoff, it is so much of thevigour of the tree wasted;if it is cut to within a few inches of its baseat the autumn or winter prun
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