. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. QUENOCILLK STANDARDS. 3'/ attained the height of from six to twelve feet before the brau thes were bent down; but the effect of this was to cover the shoots with blossom buds, and to produce the most extraordinary ; To produce Quenouille standards, plant a young tree, three or ircir feet high, and, after the first summer
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. QUENOCILLK STANDARDS. 3'/ attained the height of from six to twelve feet before the brau thes were bent down; but the effect of this was to cover the shoots with blossom buds, and to produce the most extraordinary ; To produce Quenouille standards, plant a young tree, three or ircir feet high, and, after the first summer's growth, head back the top, and cut-in the side branches, as re- presented by the dotted lines, on a. Fig. 16. The next season the tree will shoot out three or four tiers of side branches, ac- cording to its strength. The lowest should be left about eighteen inches from the ground, and, by pinching off superfluous shoots, others may be made to grow; pretty re- At the end of this season. QuentmiUe or cordoal tra/ht4nff^ pro- gularly, so as not to crowd the head, head back the leader as in 6, to strengthen the side shoots. Next season a fresh series of lateral shoots will be produced, four or five of which may be kept every year; and the third or fourth year, the lower branches may be bent down in mid- summer, c, and kept in a pendulous position for a year or two, by tying them to stakes driven in the ground, or to the main stem. This success- ive growth at the top, and arrange- ment of the limbs below, must be continued till the requisite height— say ten feet—is attained, when all the branches assuming their final tbiTii, the tree will resemble Fig. 17. A moderate pruning to produce new wood, and the occasional tying in of a rambling shoot, will be all that is required. The French quenouille Omioaioraummitta training is performed with dwarf ' trammig, complete. stocks, but the trees are more thrifty and durable when grafted on their own stocks, and kept within proper
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