. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 596 farmer's hand-book. of its former vigor, whilst it seldom fails to throw out immediately behind the part most bent one or more vigorous shoots. Horizontal Training. — This is practised either with one or two stems, and either with the upright stem straight or in a zigzag direction, to stimu- late the lateral buds to develop themselves. From this upright stem, the branches proceed at right angles,—generally at nine inches apart for apples, cherries, and plums, and from ten inches to a foot, or eightee
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 596 farmer's hand-book. of its former vigor, whilst it seldom fails to throw out immediately behind the part most bent one or more vigorous shoots. Horizontal Training. — This is practised either with one or two stems, and either with the upright stem straight or in a zigzag direction, to stimu- late the lateral buds to develop themselves. From this upright stem, the branches proceed at right angles,—generally at nine inches apart for apples, cherries, and plums, and from ten inches to a foot, or eighteen inches, for pears. A maiden plant with three shoots having been procured, the two side ones are laid in horizontally, and the centre one upright, as in Fig. 349, which shows the first stage of horizontal training. All the buds being Fig. rubbed off the latter but three, viz., one next the top for a vertical leader, and one on each side, as near the top as possible, for horizontal branches. In the course of the first summer after planting, the shoots may be allowed to grow without being stopped. In the autumn of the first year, the two laterals produced are nailed in, and also the shoots produced from the ex- tremities of the lower laterals, the centre shoot being headed down as before. But in the second summer, when the main shoot has attained the length of Fig. 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 O'Neill, F. W; Williams, H. L. New York, C. W. Carleton & co.
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