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at this feafon juft above the bud, for the buds will 

 rareTy (hoot unlefs this is performed , and the nearer 

 tliey are cut to the bud, the fooner will the head of 

 the flock be covered by the buds •, for although it 

 jnay be neccflary to leave a part of the (lock above 

 • the bud, in thofe trees which are in the nurfery, to 



- %hich the (hoots made by the buds may be faftened, 

 \ to prevent their being broken by the wind ; yet 



thefc are placed againlt the wall, to which the ihoots 



- may be faftened, there will be no want of any part of 



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-' In watering tliefe new planted trees, which fliouldnot 

 . be done unlefs the fpring proves very dry, you fhould 

 -' obferVe to do it with a noffel upon the watering-pot, 

 -• fo as to let it out in drops -, for when it is haftily 

 y poured down, it caufes the ground to bind ; and if you 



water over the head of the tree, it will be of great 

 f fcrvicc to it. - Your waterings ftiould not be repeated 

 .-. too often, nor ftiould they be given in great quantity, 



both which arfe very injurious to hew planted trees. 



Tn the middle or latter end of May, when thefe trees 

 -"will have fcveral ftioots fix or eight inches m length, 

 ^- you fliould nail them to the Wall, obfervihg to train 



them horizontally, rubbing off all fore-right flioots, 

 • of fiich as are weak, whereby thofe which are preferved 

 : will be much ftronger ; but if there are not more tlian 

 '-two flioots produced, and thofe veryftrong, you fliould 

 i'* at the fanie tirhe nip off their tops, which vvill caufe 

 -'^ each of them to puJh out two or more ftioots, whereby 

 *^" the wall will be better fupplied with branches ; you 

 < mufl: alfo continue to refrefli them with water in dry 



during the whole feafon, otherwiic they will 



be ^pt to fufFerj for their roots having but little 



hold of the ground the firfl: year after tranfplanting, 



if the feafon ftiould prove very dry, it will greatly 



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maining flioots will be rendered very weak, and per- 

 haps fomc part of the wall be entirely furnilhcd with 

 branches 5 which miglit have been eafily fupplied in 

 .May, by Hopping fome of the ftronger flioots in fu.h 

 parts of the tree wliere there is a ncccflity for more 

 branches, which would caufe each of them to flicoc 

 out two or more fide branches below the ends of the 

 Ihoots, which may be guided into the vacant parts of 

 the tree as they are produced, fo as that every part may 

 be regularly furniflicd with proper wood, which is the 

 greateft beauty and excellency of wall-trees j but you 

 fhould always forbear flopping the flioots in fummer, 

 where there is not a necelTity for branches to fill the 

 wall ; for there cannot be a greater fault committed, 

 - than that of multiplying the number of ftioots, fo as to 

 caufe a confufion, whereby the branches will be too 

 weak to produce good fruit-, befides, when they are 

 *too clofe laid in againft the wall, the air is excluded 

 from the flioots by the great number of leaves, fo that 

 they are never duly ripened; and confequently, what 

 fruit is produced thereon, cannot be fo well tailed, as 

 thofe which^are produced upon fiich trees where the 

 ■ftioots receive all the advantages of the fun and air to 

 bring them to maturity. ■ ^ 



Thus having fet down the method of training up 



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ftiall now proceed to their pruning . 

 uture martagement ; which, being the fame as 

 with full grown trees, will ferve for general directions 

 how to manage thefe forts of fruit. \ ' 

 In the pruning of Peach and Nedarine-trees (which 

 require the fame management) the two following rules 

 ftiould be ftriftly oblerved, viz, Firft, -^"That every / 

 part of the tree be equally furniflied with bearing 

 wood i and fecondly. That the branches are not laid 

 in too "clofe to each other for the reafons before laid 



^'retard their growth, if due care be not taken to water I down (with fome others which will be hereafter in- 



them. 



• In the beginning of Oftober, when you obferve the 



*: trees liave done ftiooting, you fliould prune them ; in 



doing of which, you muft ftiorten the branches in pro- 



^ ' portion to the ftrength of the tree -, which, if ftrong, 



' - inay be left eight inches long, but if weak, ftiould be 



-^ffiorterieS' to four or five ^ then you fliould train them 



/ horizontally to the wall (as was before direfted,) fo 



- that the middle of the trees may be void of branches, 



■ ^ for that part of the tree will be eafily furniftied with 



."^wood aftefwards 5 whereas, if the {hoots are trained 



• /'" f^ipehdicularly to the wall, thofe which are the ftrong- 



cft, will draw the greateft ftiare of the lap from the 



' -" roots, and mount upwards ;'fc that the fide branches 



v: ' will be deprived of their hotSriftiment and grow weak- 



■ * cr,^ until they many times decay ; and this is the rca- 



ferted.) ^ As to the firft, it muft be obfefved. That 

 ' 'Teach and Ne6larine-trees produce their fruit upon 

 ,the young wood, either of the preceding year, 6r ac 

 moft, the two years ftioots, after which age they do 

 not bear v therefore the branches ftiould be ftiortened, 

 fo as to caufe them to produce new ftioots annually in 

 every part of the tree j which cannot be done in the 

 ordinary method of pruning, where perfons neglect 

 their trees at the proper feafon when they are moft: 

 capable of management, which is in April, May, and 

 June faf which time'tKe ruxuriant growth of branches 

 . may be checked by pinching, and new ftioots pro- 

 duced where they are wanting, by ftopping the neigh- 

 bouring branches ; which flioots, being produced at 



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ftrength before the autumn comes on i whereas all 



fon that we fee fo rnany Peach-trees with one or two I ^ thofe ftioots which are produced after the middle of 



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' upright flioots in the middle, and the two fides wholly 

 *r Tunfurniflied with branches, whereby the middle of each 

 "" tree, cannot produce any fruit, that being filled with 

 r large wood, which never produces any "bearing fhoots. 

 * Nor can the two fides of the trees be regularly filled 

 f with fruitful brahcReS, when this defeft hajppens to 

 ' theifl ; the'rrfore this method ftiould be carefully ob- 



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June, will be crude and pithy ; and though they may 

 «^ fometimes produce a few bloflbms, yet thofe rarely 

 ^. bring fruit; nor arc the future branches good which 

 are procJiiced from fuch wood, the vefltls being too 

 large to ffrain the juices, fo that they eafily admit of 

 great quantities of crude rioiixiflim'ent topafs through 



them, l^herefore thofe perfons who only, regard their 

 ' ferved in the training up young trees, 'for when they T/ wall-trees at two different feafons, viz. the winter and 



■^ are permitted to run into'diforder at firft, it will be I * Midfunimer pruning, cannot poflibly have them in 



inipMible to reduce tHem into 2I fegular healthful I i good order ; for when all the branches which were 



ftatc afterwards, the wood of thefe trees being too I I: produced in the fpring, are peniu^ted to remain un- 



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'V' foft and pithy to admit of being cut down (as may be \ :., til the middle or latter end of June (as is the common 



'^^ plaftifedon many other hardy fruit-trees, which will 

 ^ flidot'out vigoroufly ag^in ;) whereas thefe will guna 

 »^ atifie places' where they are wounded, and in a few 



■ years entirely decays •-. -^^ r -^ -'^-^ *; -^^ "^^ H ■..^^■^^■^f%r.,^_ 

 - The funi?ner following, when the trees begin to ftiodt, 

 ' youThbuld carefully look over them, «ci rub W all 

 ' fore-right buds^, or fuch as are ill place<^, an4 train 

 ^' thofe which arc ^figned to remain horizontally to the 

 ;" wall, in their due order as theynre produced, for this 

 ' is the prTricipal feafoii when you can beft order the 



* trees as you would have theiil ; whereas, if they are 



■ neglefted until Midfiimmer, as is the common prac- 

 ^ tice, a great part of the nourifliment will be ex- 

 tflatrftdd by fore-right ftioots, and offief ufelefs branches, 



* which muft afterwards be cut off; and hereby the re- 



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praftice) fome of the moft vigorous will draw the 



greateft part 'of the nourifliment froni the weaker 



I\ branches, which, v/hen the ftrong ones are t^ken off, 



fe will be too weak to produce fair fruit j and hereby 



.the ftrength of the tree is e^chaufted, to noiirifli the 



vt^ufelefs branches which are annually cut off again ; and 



tthus are too many trees managed, an^jt the fame time 



- complaints made of their luxuriancy 5 becaufe two or 



tKfee flioots. By drawing a way *the greateft ftiare of the 



nouHftiment "grow very ftrong arid woody (whereas, 



if the nouriftiment had been equally diftributed to a 



regular quantity of branches, there would be no fign 



'. of their too great ftrength) until by often cutting off . 



r thefe vigordus branches, the trees are either entirely 



^■^deftroyed, OY at leaft rendered fo weak as not to' be 



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