152 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B.I. 



ing a crop or two while the principals are 

 filling their fpaces, need not be fliortened 

 fb much, whether maiden or trained trees. 

 This will make them pufh more mode- 

 rate fhoots, and bring them fooner into 

 a bearing- ftate ; which objedl muft al- 

 ways be kept in view* while they remain 

 here. And, as the treatment of them 

 will, in all other refpeds, be the fame as 

 that of the principals, I fliall take no far- 

 ther notice of them ; leaving the thinning 

 away, and final expuHIon of them, to the 

 prudence of the gardener. 



When the fhoots have arrived to the 

 length of two or three inches, rub offfuch 

 as are placed fore-right or back-right, and 

 lay in the others as they advance, at the 

 diftance of nine or ten inches ; being 

 careful not to bundle in the leaves with 

 the tie, and to allow fufficient room for 

 the fwelling of the fhoot : and pinch off 

 all laterals as they appear. When their 

 growth is ft opt for the feafon, cut them 

 back from one-half .to a third of their 

 lengthy, according to their ftrength .5 and, 

 in dreffing, bear the fide ones \vell down, 

 to fill the bottom part of .the trellis. 



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