SECT. XII. OF PRUNING. 1:31 



two or three eyes each. Eyes or moots behind, or 

 before, confider as of no ufe, and let them he early dif- 

 placed by rubbing, or cutting. This work is to be 

 performed in fpring, when the tree is putting forth 

 moots; i. e. about the beginning of April. 



If towards the end of May, there mould be wanting 

 fhoots on either fide the tree, having, perhaps, only one 

 put forth where two were expected, that one moot 

 mould be cut, or pinched down, to two or three eyes ; 

 and before fummer is over there will be found good 

 ihoots from them, and thus a proper head be obtained. 

 This work of fhortening moots of the year may be done 

 any time before Midfummer; but in this cafe, all ill- 

 placed, or fuperfluous growths, muff, be rubbed of? as 

 foon as -feen, that thofe to be referred may be the 

 ftronger, receiving more nourifhment. 



As the lateral Ihoots grow, let them be timely nailed 

 to the wall, dofe, (trait, and equi-diftant; but ufe no 

 force while they are tender. If they are quite well 

 placed, they will need no bending; but fometimes moots 

 mull be laid in which are not perfectly fo. Lay in as 

 many good moderate fized Ihoots as may be throughout 

 the fummer, for choice at winter pruning, yet do not 

 crowd the tree. As the moots proceed in length, nail 

 them to the wall, that no material dangling of them be 

 iecn; but avoid uftng too many fhreds. 

 - In the formation of a tree, keep each fide as nearly as 

 can be equal in wood, and the ihoots inclining down- 

 wards, which is a mode of training neceftary to fill the 

 lower part of the wall, (none of which mould be loft) 

 and to check the too free motion of the lap, which wall 

 trees are liable to from their warm fituation, and con- 

 tinual cutting. All the branches mould have an 

 horizontal tendency, though the upper cannot have it fo 

 much as the lower ones. Thofe that are perpendicular, 

 or nearly fo, mount the wall too f aft, and runaway with 

 the food that mould pals to the horizontals, which being 

 impoverished by the vigorous middle branches, gradually 

 G 6 " become 



