spalier tree flows to its upper line of branclies, he will have no
lifficulty in seeing at a glance the advantages of the horizontal
ordon, particularly if he bears in mind that the system as gene-
ally applied to the apple is simply a bringing of one good branch
lear the earth where it receives more heat, where it causes no in-
urious shade, and where it may be protected with the greatest
efficiency and the least amount of trouble* It is simply a carrying
urther of the best principles of grafttDg and pruning — ^a wise
lending of the young tree to the conditions that best suit it in our
lorthern climate. The simple fact that by its means we bring all
he fruit and leaves to within ten inches or a foot of the ground,
ind thereby expose them to an increase of heat^ whiclv epitmonsates
o a great extent for a bad climate, will surely prove a stix^^ argu-
nent in its lavour to eveiy intelligent person. I believe it to be



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