. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 336 THE CORDON STSTEM OF FRUIT GROWING. larger forms of trees, he adopted those quick-rising simple- stemmed kinds to cover the walls rapidly and give an early return. Now it is clear that if we call a fan, or horizon- tally trained tree, a " cordon," we not only misapply the term, but prevent the inventor's very clear idea from being understood. Notwithstanding this, some persons have actually figured the old forms
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 336 THE CORDON STSTEM OF FRUIT GROWING. larger forms of trees, he adopted those quick-rising simple- stemmed kinds to cover the walls rapidly and give an early return. Now it is clear that if we call a fan, or horizon- tally trained tree, a " cordon," we not only misapply the term, but prevent the inventor's very clear idea from being understood. Notwithstanding this, some persons have actually figured the old forms of fruit trees common in our gardens for ages and called them cordons. To show how erroneous is the impression that the term applies to any kind of tree with the branches closely pinched in, I have merely to state that the cordon Peach trees in French gardens are not pinched in in this way, but have the wood regularly nailed in, just the same as the common Peach trees on our garden walls. However, the figures in this chapter will give a correct idea of what the cordon system is. A simple galvanized wire is attached to a strong oak post or rod of iron, so firmly fixed that the strain of the wire may Fig. The Simple Horizontal Cordon. not disturb it. The wire is supported at a distance of one foot from the ground, and tightened by one of the handy little implements described elsewhere in this volume. The raidisseur will tighten several hundred feet of the wire, which need not be thicker than strong twine, and of the same sort as that recommended for walls and espaliers. The galvanized wire known as No. 14 is the most suitable for general use. At intervals a support is placed under the wire in the form of a piece of thick wire with an eye in it, and on the wire the Apple on the French paradise is trained, thus forming the simplest and best and com- monest kind of cordon, and the one so extensively employed for making edgings around the squares in kitchen and fruit-
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