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By Gertrude Hamlet
It is a very useful thing to clothe the walls of a house or of a walled- in garden with fruit trees and bushes. The result is that it is possible to grow certain types of fruit trees which might not be so successful in the open. Figs, for instance, and vines, are good subjects for walls, as are peaches in the colder districts. Furthermore, by using the walls a greater number of fruit trees can be grown, because they occupy them and yet take up very little garden space.
They don't go well together from any point of view. Most fruit trees and bushes like being 'grassed down' or mulched, and this is the best way to grow them.
An east wall will grow pears like Conference, Glou Morceau and Marie Louise; plums like Victoria, Oullin's Golden Gage, and Denniston's Superb Gage; cherries such as Emperor Francis and Early Rivers as well as the redcurrants and gooseberries recommended for the north wall. A west wall will grow dessert pears, first-class dessert plums, dessert cherries providing pollinating pears are planted, and really first-class dessert apples. In the south such a wall will grow peaches, nectarines and apricots also.
The grass here is cut with one of the rotary bladed machines, and the clippings are allowed to lie where they fall, instead of being carted away as they are on a normal lawn.
Unless a lawn is to be used for games it is not a bad idea to plant a row of cordons on either side along the edges-or on one side only, if preferred. The trees look most attractive when they are blossoming, and equally beautiful when they are covered with fruit, especially if you grow crimson dessert varieties.
The alternative is to plant two or three dessert apples or pears, in the lawn, giving them plenty of room, but training them pyramid fashion.
They don't go well together from any point of view. Most fruit trees and bushes like being 'grassed down' or mulched, and this is the best way to grow them.
An east wall will grow pears like Conference, Glou Morceau and Marie Louise; plums like Victoria, Oullin's Golden Gage, and Denniston's Superb Gage; cherries such as Emperor Francis and Early Rivers as well as the redcurrants and gooseberries recommended for the north wall. A west wall will grow dessert pears, first-class dessert plums, dessert cherries providing pollinating pears are planted, and really first-class dessert apples. In the south such a wall will grow peaches, nectarines and apricots also.
The grass here is cut with one of the rotary bladed machines, and the clippings are allowed to lie where they fall, instead of being carted away as they are on a normal lawn.
Unless a lawn is to be used for games it is not a bad idea to plant a row of cordons on either side along the edges-or on one side only, if preferred. The trees look most attractive when they are blossoming, and equally beautiful when they are covered with fruit, especially if you grow crimson dessert varieties.
The alternative is to plant two or three dessert apples or pears, in the lawn, giving them plenty of room, but training them pyramid fashion.
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Fruit trees are great for garden. They not only add beauty to your garden but also you will reap the fruits of the fruit tree during the fruiting season.
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