. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. PEA 444 ? Fig. 122.—(P. 439.) PEA. fruitfulness is increased if the branches are fastened down, so that their points are below the level of their bases. The shoots of the current year are bent down when fully grown, about the end of July, and fixed in a pendent position by shreds of bass ; in the course of the winter, these shreds are removed to admit of pruning, when the shoots are found to have taken a set; in the course of the summer, such as grow vigorously are again tied, the object being to check the vigour of the young shoots, and by impedi
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. PEA 444 ? Fig. 122.—(P. 439.) PEA. fruitfulness is increased if the branches are fastened down, so that their points are below the level of their bases. The shoots of the current year are bent down when fully grown, about the end of July, and fixed in a pendent position by shreds of bass ; in the course of the winter, these shreds are removed to admit of pruning, when the shoots are found to have taken a set; in the course of the summer, such as grow vigorously are again tied, the object being to check the vigour of the young shoots, and by impeding the return of the sap, to cause it to expend itself in these young shoots in the formation of blossom buds. — Gard. Mag. See Quenouille. Culture of Wall Trees.—The follow- ing are the best directions that have been given on this subject:—"Plant the trees against the wall, fifteen feet from each other. If they have three shoots properly placed, they may all be retained. If only one strong healthy shoot, in the spring the first tree is to be headed down within nine inches high, the next to that one foot nine inches, and so on alternately, till you get to the other end of the wall. " In the summer, train three shoots from the three uppermost eyes of each tree, rubbing off all the rest. Nail in one to the right, one to the left, and the other perpendicularly. The two side branches should not be trained in a horizontal position till the second year. In the following winter, the centre shoot of each is to be cut off two feet above the first pair of lateral 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 Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard
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