•SECT. XII. OF PRUNING. 165 



•four of the bcft fituatei and ftrengeft, which may be 

 carefully twitted from the bottom upwards, or tied 

 together at the top, or if upright and ftrong, left to 

 Tupport themfeives Gngly. The be ft. fituated, or thofe 

 •{landing clofe together, near the centre of the llool, 

 and ranging well in the row, are thofe to be felected. 

 This done, let all ftraggling (hoots between the rows 

 be clean dug out. Shorten rafpberries, either jufl below 

 the bend, or from three to four feet high, according to 

 their ftrength. 



Rafpberries muff not be fhortened in fummer ; and 

 the tithe for cutting them is from October all through 

 ■winter, till they begin to fnoot at fpring, though the 

 former is the beft : efpecially if any thing is to be 

 -planted between their rows. See page S3. 



Berberry; is a beautiful and fomewhat large 

 Ihrub, which mould' be fuffered to grow with a full 

 •head, like a dwarf ftandard tree. It bears along the 

 fides of both young and old wood, but chiefly towards 

 the ends, and its branches mould, therefore, not be 

 ■fhortened, except with a view to throw out wood. 

 Keep the roet free from fuckers, and the item from 

 moots in its lower part, and prune out weak, lux- 

 uriant, ftraggling, and eroding branches, forming it 

 to a fomewhat round head, which keep moderately 

 open. _ Let the item be freed from lower branches to 

 the height o\ three, four or five feet, according as the 

 fhrub may be defired to approach to a tree. See 

 pege 76. 



Strawberries require pruning off the runners 

 during fummer, which ftrengthens the plants, keeps 

 the foil from being exhaufted, and gives all a neat air 

 of culture, This work mould be particularly fol- 

 lowed up in edgings of ftrawberries/ that they may 

 not run over the walks: If plants, however, are 



wanted 



