. Gleanings from French gardens: comprising an account of such features of French horticulture as are most worthy of adoption in British gardens. Gardening; Gardens. 138 The Cordon System of Training Fruit Trees. return. Now it is dear that if we call a fan, or horizontally trained tree, a *' cordon," we not only misapply the term, but prevent the inventor's very clear idea from being understood. 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 ne
. Gleanings from French gardens: comprising an account of such features of French horticulture as are most worthy of adoption in British gardens. Gardening; Gardens. 138 The Cordon System of Training Fruit Trees. return. Now it is dear that if we call a fan, or horizontally trained tree, a *' cordon," we not only misapply the term, but prevent the inventor's very clear idea from being understood. 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 never pinched in in this way, but have the wood regularly "nailed in," as shown by Fig. ^^. However, the following figures will give a correct idea of what the cordon system is. The Apple as a Cordon. Fig. 24 shows the ordinary simple cordon of the French gardens, and the mode of fixing its support. A simple galvanized wire is attached to a strong oak post or bit of iron, so firmly fixed that the strain of the wire may not disturb it. The wire is supported at a. Fig. 24.—The Simple Cordon. distance of one foot from the ground, and tightened by one of the handy little implements described elsewhere in this volume. This raidisseur will tighten several hundred feet of the wire, which need not be thicker than strong twine, and of the same sort as that recom- mended for walls and espaliers. At intervals a slender support is placed under the wire in the form of a bit of slender iron with an eye in it. The form shown above is used to a great extent in France, and as I hear from M. A. Leroy of Angers, it is extending with " extraordinary ; This and the next are the kinds best suited for making edgings around the squares in kitclien gardens, &c. Cordons are trained against walls, espaliers, and in many Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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