. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 246 PKUXING. "Another advantage of importance is, that on the same extent of wall required for an espalier of the large kind, you can have a great many cordons, each of which may be a different variety, thus greatly increasing the interest of the plantation. " Besides, if a large espalier tree dies, it makes a great blank on a wall, and requires a quarter of a century to. Fig. 119.—OBLIQUE CORDON PEAR-TREES. replace it; but if a cordon dies, the blank is a small one, and very soon filled up with a new tree. *' The following objections have been
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 246 PKUXING. "Another advantage of importance is, that on the same extent of wall required for an espalier of the large kind, you can have a great many cordons, each of which may be a different variety, thus greatly increasing the interest of the plantation. " Besides, if a large espalier tree dies, it makes a great blank on a wall, and requires a quarter of a century to. Fig. 119.—OBLIQUE CORDON PEAR-TREES. replace it; but if a cordon dies, the blank is a small one, and very soon filled up with a new tree. *' The following objections have been urged against this form: " It has been feared that keeping the tree in such a small space will induce such vigorous growth as to pre- vent fruitfulness; but this vigor being in proportion to the extent of surface of the soil to which the roots have access, and these being only eighteen inches apart, this fear must be groundless. " It has also been suggested that trees so near one an- other could not live; but as the stem and branches of the trees are to correspond with the extent of soil accessible to the roots, there can be no force in this 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 Barry, Patrick, 1816-1890. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company
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