. Rational fruit culture. Fruit-culture. 44 RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE. allowance is made for this slight difference, it should be treated in the same way. The espalier is really a cordon, with more than one pair of horizontal branches, arranged one above the other. The lowest pair is grown first as if the tree were to be an ordinary cordon. But when it has developed sufiQciently, a leader is. Fig. 17.—Espalier Fruit Tree (above), and Cordon (below). allowed to grow, and, when a second pair of branches can be obtained from it, it is stopped, in order to divert the sap into them. Afterwfirds, if de
. Rational fruit culture. Fruit-culture. 44 RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE. allowance is made for this slight difference, it should be treated in the same way. The espalier is really a cordon, with more than one pair of horizontal branches, arranged one above the other. The lowest pair is grown first as if the tree were to be an ordinary cordon. But when it has developed sufiQciently, a leader is. Fig. 17.—Espalier Fruit Tree (above), and Cordon (below). allowed to grow, and, when a second pair of branches can be obtained from it, it is stopped, in order to divert the sap into them. Afterwfirds, if desired, a third pair can be formed in the same way, and so, in time, a tree of many pairs can be built up. ll will be seen that in espiiliers, and especially in cordons, the amount of hoarinfj wood is ]<e\)\ at the lowest limit. The result is, (hat though the quantity of the fruit is reduced, the quality is exceptionally 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 Davidson, Hugh Coleman. London, "Garden life" press
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