. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 40 TRAINING. should be cut back to a yearling shoot; this will give them room, and keep the lower part of the tree in order. In nailing to a wall, care must be taken not to bruise any part of the shoot; the wounds made by the knife heal quickly, but a bruise often proves incurable. Never let a nail gall any part of the tree ; it will endanger the life of the branch. In nailing-in the young shoots, dispose them as straight and regular as possible : it will look workman-like. Whatever system of training is pursued, the leading branc
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 40 TRAINING. should be cut back to a yearling shoot; this will give them room, and keep the lower part of the tree in order. In nailing to a wall, care must be taken not to bruise any part of the shoot; the wounds made by the knife heal quickly, but a bruise often proves incurable. Never let a nail gall any part of the tree ; it will endanger the life of the branch. In nailing-in the young shoots, dispose them as straight and regular as possible : it will look workman-like. Whatever system of training is pursued, the leading branches should be laid-in in the exact position they are to remain ; for wherever a large branch is brought down to fill the lower part of the wall, the free ascent of the sap is obstructed by the extension of the upper, and con- traction of the lower parts of the branch. It is thus robbed of part of its former vigour, while it seldom fails to throw out, imme- diately behind the parts most bent, one or more vigorous ; Horizontal training consists in preserving an upright leader, with lateral shoots trained at regular intervals. These intervals may be from a foot to eighteen inches for pears and apples, and about nine inches for cherries and plums. " A maiden plant with three shoots having been procured, the two side shoots are laid in horizontally, and the centre one upright, as in Fig. 22 ; all the buds being rubbed off the latter but three, viz., one next the top for a vertical leader, and one on each side near the top, for hori- p- 99 rr • zontal branches. In the course of the first ^e. summer after planting, the shoots may be allowed to grow with- out being stopped. In the autumn of the first year the two lat- erals produced are nailed or tied iuc and also the shoots produced fron the extremities of the lower laterals; the centre shoot being headed down as before, as shown in Fig. 23. But in the second summer, when the Harhontal training, se- ^l
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