Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-11 | Page 18 | Along the Garden Path

I I Along the 1 t I Garden Path r I By Barbara Vorse I ESPALIERED FRUIT TREES FOR GARDEN ORNAMENTATION A custom which has been in la u usein use uso In Europe for tor a number of or centuries centuries cen cen- I is that of at training fruit trees to form a vertical flat shape hape so that they may grow against a awal wan wall walor or fence just a as n a vine Tho reason reabon reason rea- rea son bon for tor this I practice was to give gho th the trees full to tho the sun to re result regulate fruit beau bearing Ing and to provide an nn an easy eaty means of oC controlling controlling control control- Un ling Insects and diseases es This es espalier espalier es- es pallor training Is most frequent in cool and cloud cloudy climates and in those places in which space must be bo utilized to the utmost and hero hand skill it obtainable or relatively relatively rela rela- lively cheap Of or course fruit growing Is Js not handled l at all in this way in this countr country but tho of such Buch espaliered trees makes them very beautiful for ornament ornament- fug IuS' a garden On a sunny wall of ofa ofa ofa a building s or on a garden wall all they make a pattern with their theft branches and add interest throughout through through- out the season beason eason first with their foliage their theil flowers and then their fruit Varieties that most are frequently frequent frequent- ly b used for this training are pears and apples When hen jus just t a n. year ear or oro orso orso so o old the trees are arc trained on a trellis espalier for several sc years cars and arc are pruned to develop elop the correct correct cor cor- branching Somo Some times the trees are arc trained in fn a horizontal ho fashion so o that they make low hedges budges cs This typo of or training ia is called Cordon and trees thus grown brown are ure often teen seen used for tor hedges hedges hed hed- around ve vegetable or kitchen gardens Many tany of or the larger estates es estates estates es- es tates in this country have havo adopted trees for tor many Many Ian nurserymen are arc no now growIng growIng growing grow grow- ing espalier trees for tor garden banen use and they can bo ho obtained very cull easily Tho The secret of or keeping th these se trees j In form torm is careful pruning which I II anyone allono ono can do alter after a L little study stUd I