10;) OF PRUNIN'C. C-rCT. XI Ik- 



2. OF PRUNING ESPALIER TREES. 



The woik of pruning efpalier trees is much the fame 

 as for zvall trees. The only difference is, that inftcvi 

 of being fpread upon walls-, the branches are fattened 

 to flakes, or frames, as trellifes. The iaftcnings arg 

 commonly ties of ozier twigs, bark of withy, b&fjs* 

 yarn, or foft packthread, inflead of nail's, which how- 

 ever may be ufed'to frame work, if they arefmall and. 

 fharp pointed. See formation of a garchn. 



As trees planted for efpalier training mould ' be 

 young, let great care be taken to fet them off right at 

 irrff, by regular (hoots, full furnifhed immediately 

 from the ffem ; which is eifecred by proper heading 

 down, as below ; much, as was dire£led for wall trees, page 

 ISO. Apples, pears, plums, cherries, Sec. in the general-. 

 need not to be fo much freed of all branches at planting-, 

 as peaches, nectarines, and apricots : There are however 

 gardeners who prune down to ihe ffem, all forts of wall.-. 

 and efpalier trees, as peaches are, . 



The heading down of a young tree, (i.e. apple, &c). 

 for an efpalier, that has only one. ihoot fro in a he -graf- 

 fing, or budding, mould be [o low, as to leave two 

 or three, or at the molt four eyes on -each Jide of the 

 if em, from which will proceed fhoots properly placed 

 for training. II the tree has two fhoots, one on each 

 fide, which branch out right and left, fo as to be made 

 principal leaders, cut each of them down to three or 

 four eyes. If it has three fhoots, the upper one, if not 

 over flrong, being ihortened down to a few eyes, may 

 be trained ifrait up, and the two lower ones ihortened 

 as above, as laterals ; and thus a good foundation will be 

 made for a proper fpread of branches. If it has four 

 {hoots properly placed for training, two on each fide, 

 the lower one may be cut down, to feven or eight 

 eyes, and that above to three or four: If the tree has 

 more fhoots, they may be either all cut out to two on 

 each fide, fhortening as before, or one (if not over 



ftrong) 



