The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . years shoots tied down en quenouille. They luul attained theLeight of from six to twelve feet before the branches Avere bent dowu;but the eftect of this was to cover the shoots with blossom-buds, and toproduce the most extraordinary crops. To produce Quenouille standards, plant a young tree, three or fourfeet high, and, after the first summers giowth, head back the top andcut-in the side branches, as represented by the dotted lines on a, The next season the tree will shoot out three or four tiers of sidebranches, according to its strength. The l
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . years shoots tied down en quenouille. They luul attained theLeight of from six to twelve feet before the branches Avere bent dowu;but the eftect of this was to cover the shoots with blossom-buds, and toproduce the most extraordinary crops. To produce Quenouille standards, plant a young tree, three or fourfeet high, and, after the first summers giowth, head back the top andcut-in the side branches, as represented by the dotted lines on a, The next season the tree will shoot out three or four tiers of sidebranches, according to its strength. The lowest should be left abouteighteen inches from the ground, and, by pinching off sujjerfiuous shoots,others may be made to grow pretty regularly, so as not to crowd thehead. At the end of this season head back the leader as in b, tostrengthen the side shoots. Next season a fresh series of lateral shootawill be produced, four or five of which may be kept every year; andthe third or fourth year the lower branches may be bent down in raid-.
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