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GARDEN COLUMN In the famous kitchen gardens of England the surrounding stone or brick walls are used os supports for fruit trees. In the vegetable gardens of New Zealand where. Instead of o 12ft. toll wall, the surround is a 6ft. high fence, the training of the fruit trees presents some difficulty in that the more vigorous trees such as apricots, pears and peaches usually insist upon growing to 12ft. or more. This difficulty can be overcome by securing frorq your Nursery Shop (The Farmers'! Apple Trees, Pear Trees, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines (not apricots) which have been specially grafted an to roots which produce a Dwarf growing tree, suitable for training on a conventional Kiwi fence. Now these trained trees ore known by some rather peculiar names. ESPALIERS:—AppIes or pears so trained that the branches lie horizontally on the supporting fence. CORDONS:— Apples trained to a single shoot or two branches fixed to the support at an angle of about 40deg from vertical. FANS:—Stone fruit trees trained to five or six leaders spaced out like the spread fingers of the hand. Dwarf fruit trees available now .at The Farmers' include DWARF APPLES 10/6. Irish Peach, Gravenstein Red, Worcester Pearmain, Sturmer, Kidds Orange Red, Golden Delicious, Lord Wolseley, Granny Smith. DWARF PEARS from 12/6. Louise Bonne de Jersey, Conference, Keiffers Hybrid, P. Barry, Buerre Bose. DWARF PLUMS from 12/6. Angel ine Burdette, Coes Golden Drop, Grand Duke, Greengage, Weeping Peaches and Nectarines from 12/6 each. Ona of the most delightful of the Herbaceous perennials is the Llly-of-the-Valley. This is the flower which surpasses all others in delicacy of texture, form and fragrance. Planted now, this easily grown nativa of the British Isles will; provide flower and fragrance In early spring. The "Crowns" ore rather similar to tiny asparagus "Crowns" and should be planted lln. deep and 3in. apart. In a cool shady place, preferably In a soil rich In' compost or leafmould. Two or three crowns can be grown to flowering stage In a 6in. pot, to provide a charming Indoor decoration. Plants are available NOW at The Formers'. 2/6 per dozen 4/9 »« 25 GARDEN SHOP

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