. The book of the garden. Gardening. SPIRAL TRAINING. Fig. SPIRAL fulness and Barrenness of Plants and Trees," p. 238—"Prune and manage the tree so as it shall form from three to six branches, of as nearly equal size as pos- sible, within about 6 or 8 inches of the ground, as in fig. 1S4 ; and as soon as the branches are grown from 3 to 5 feet long, fix six rods or stakes into the earth forsupportingthem, in a circle about the root, as in fig. 155, the centre dot marking the root, and the others the rods. Each branch is then to be brought down, and being fixed to the
. The book of the garden. Gardening. SPIRAL TRAINING. Fig. SPIRAL fulness and Barrenness of Plants and Trees," p. 238—"Prune and manage the tree so as it shall form from three to six branches, of as nearly equal size as pos- sible, within about 6 or 8 inches of the ground, as in fig. 1S4 ; and as soon as the branches are grown from 3 to 5 feet long, fix six rods or stakes into the earth forsupportingthem, in a circle about the root, as in fig. 155, the centre dot marking the root, and the others the rods. Each branch is then to be brought down, and being fixed to the rod near its base, the branch is to be carried round in a spiral man- ner, on such an eleva- tion as will form an inclination of about 15°, and each branch is to be fixed in the same manner, one after an- other; thus all will move in the same di- rection, one above the other, like so many cork-screws following in the same course, as shown in fig. 156. As, from the position of the branches, the fruit-bud of each leader will pre- sent the most vertical. 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 McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and Sons
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