lOO , THE FORCING GARDENER. [B. 1. 



ing and pruning for the next feafon; I 

 fhall 'therefore conclude this fedion after 

 having made a few necefTary qbfervations. 



It may riot be convenient to follow the 

 above directions in all cafes ; therefore, 

 much muft be left to the judgment and 

 candour of the gardener : but I would, in 

 a general manner, caution him againft any 

 great deviation, and particularly from fuf- 

 fering too great a profufion of fhoots and 

 foliage in the Summer dreffings. Thefe, 

 if the health and regularity of the plants 

 are kept in vie\y, will require to be repeat- 

 ed every five or fix days > and let not this 

 be thought a hardfhip, for, from experi- 

 mental practice, I can aflure him, it is at- 

 tended with more eafe and lefs perplexity, 

 than when the plants are fuffered to grow 

 wild as a bufh. 



Therefore let all laterals, tendrils, and 

 decayed leaves, be carefully removed as 

 they appear ; and when the fruit begins to 

 colour, let at leaft one-third of the whole 

 foliage be regularly thinned away, which 

 >vill greatly promote the fwelling, and ren- 

 der the fruit of an infinitely higher fla- 

 vour, by the fre* admiffion t>f the fun and 



air, 



