. 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. 446 THE PEACH GARDENS OF MONTREUIL. is a small corner of ground, where against a wall may be seen several capital examples of Peach trees, the finest being trained after what is called the Carre form. This is much admired by the best cultivators, but they prefer and gene- rally adopt the Palmette forms, and say they are the best. The Candelabrum form is also to be seen in fine condition in Fig. Fruiting Branch of Peach s
. 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. 446 THE PEACH GARDENS OF MONTREUIL. is a small corner of ground, where against a wall may be seen several capital examples of Peach trees, the finest being trained after what is called the Carre form. This is much admired by the best cultivators, but they prefer and gene- rally adopt the Palmette forms, and say they are the best. The Candelabrum form is also to be seen in fine condition in Fig. Fruiting Branch of Peach submitted to the third year's pruning. D, which has borne the fruit of the past year, is cut at A ; the wood-buds below F will furnish fruiting shoots for the following year; and C bear the fruit of the coming summer. this out-of-the-way nook; it is simply trained by raising vertical branches from horizontal ones running along near the bottom of the wall. But as to the form itself, it is not a matter of so much importance—the two chief points are covering the walls and the treatment of the fruiting branch. Yet it is interesting to notice the forms adopted by the. 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, J. Murray
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