. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. contained two hundred trees trained in the conical manner, with the current year's shoots tied down en quenouille, " They had attained the height of from six to twelve feet before the branches were bent down ; but the effect of this was to cover the shoots with Wossom buds, and to produce the most extraordinary crops," To produce Quenouille standards, plant a young tree, three or four 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
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. contained two hundred trees trained in the conical manner, with the current year's shoots tied down en quenouille, " They had attained the height of from six to twelve feet before the branches were bent down ; but the effect of this was to cover the shoots with Wossom buds, and to produce the most extraordinary crops," To produce Quenouille standards, plant a young tree, three or four 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 QummiiReorcmical training, pro- shootS, Others may be gressive stages. made to grow pretty regu- larly, so as not to crowd the head. At the end of this season head back the leader as in h, 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 form, 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 ^^^^ Conical or Quenoum^ ^ammg is performed with dwarf "^ training, compute. stocks, but the trees are more thrifty and durable when grafted 4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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