The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . un shining on the wall, and heme the pro-duction of large crops of good quality. To thisis due also the fact that, many good wintervarieties too delicate to be cultivated in anorchard may be grown to advantage as espalieragainst a wall; and. in the next place, owingto the shelter afforded, the flowering andsetting of fruit are more certain ; sheltered fromthe wind the fruit drops less than in the trees trained as espaliers serve as orna-ments to the buildings against which they areplaced. I
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . un shining on the wall, and heme the pro-duction of large crops of good quality. To thisis due also the fact that, many good wintervarieties too delicate to be cultivated in anorchard may be grown to advantage as espalieragainst a wall; and. in the next place, owingto the shelter afforded, the flowering andsetting of fruit are more certain ; sheltered fromthe wind the fruit drops less than in the trees trained as espaliers serve as orna-ments to the buildings against which they areplaced. In order to achieve satisfactory re-sults, however, careful attention must be paidto the aspect, the height of wall, the varietiesto grow, planting, and to the form of training. various types may be fitted on to walls whichare made irregular, doors and windows. Fixing.—The best ties for attaching thebranches to the walls or to the trellis are madeof raffia or similar material. It is best thatthe tie should be made to wire stretched to 3 or4 inches from the wall, the wires being 16 inches. Fig. 142.—method of training fruit trees onbuildings. apart, and arranged according to the form ofthe trees which it has been intended to preferred, a wooden trellis may be fixed to thewall and the trees trained on this. Soil.—The preparation of the ground forplanting, which lias been carried on about thepresent time, should be undertaken towards theend of summer. If the site has been occupied
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