Cordon Training of Fruit Trees ...

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By Thomas Collings
Bréhaut

Published 1860
Longman, Green, Longman
, and Roberts

Fruit-culture

119 pages

Original from the University of California

Digitized Nov 15, 2007

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Introductory	1
nectarines, lean-to, CORDON TRAINING
General Principles of Fruit Culture	8
proper juice, weak branch, lengthen a branch
Seasons for Planting and Pruning	16
mulching, apricot, loam
Defects of some Methods of Fruit Culture	24
FRUIT CULTURE, tree, cut back
Cordon Training its Advantages and Uses	29
cordon training, orchard-house, triple cordon
Cordon Training in Peach Trees the Diagonal Cordon	35
nectarines, triple bud, leaf-bud

Spiral Cordons	59
inches of interval, SPIRAL CORDONS, Orchard-house
Vertical Cordons	61
Vertical Cordon, Against pillars, leaf
Horizontal Cordons	64
bush trees, spurs and shoots, closely pinched
Cordon Training in Apricot Trees	67
espaliers, winter pruning, CORDON TRAINING
Cordon Training in Plum and Cherry Trees	71
plums, apricot, muslin
Cordon Training in Pear Trees	77
pear, Cordon training, ends are finally
Horizontal Vertical and Spiral Cordons in Pear Trees	82
stage of branches, plantation, wood on lowest
Remarks on Trees in Pots	86
syringing, manure, aphis
How to Supply Blank Spaces in Cordons	95
bark, budding roses, inches in length
Objections to Cordon Training answered	98
Cordon tree, OBJECTIONS TO CORDON, pear trees
Remarks on the Dimensions e suitable for Orchardhouses	103
lean-to, wall trees, span-roofed house
Names of some Varieties recommended for In door and Outdoor Culture	106
Acton Scott, Apricot, Royal George
Concluding Observations	114
horticulture, calcareous, Manures

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