Part 2

VII. Dwarf Apples 63

VIII. Dwarf Pears 76

IX. Dwarf Peaches 83

X. Dwarf Plums 90

XI. Bush Fruits 99

XII. Fruit Trees in Pots 106

XIII. Personalia 112

Index 125

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Dwarf Cherry Tree Frontispiece

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1 Dwarf Apple Trees in Western New York 3

2 Trained Cordon Apple Trees 5

3 Bismarck Apple 7

4 Pear Tree Trained as an Espalier 9

5 Bush Apple Tree 11

6 Plums as Upright Cordons 17

7 Paradise Apple Stocks in Early Spring 25

8 The Western Sand Cherry 30

9 Upright Cordon Plum 31

10 Bush Apple 34

11 Bush Apple, Three Years Old, Before Pruning 37

12 Bush Apple, Same Tree, After Pruning 37

13 Cordon Pears Before Pruning 39

14 Cordon Pears After Pruning 39

15 Pears in Double U Form 43

16 Pears in U Form 45

17 Apricots in U Form 47