3 o OF PRUNING 



i'oots dreffed, and planted as fbon as poffi- 

 ble, as their roots are fmall md dry faft. 

 The fide-branches, of which they are very 

 full, fhould be all cut off at three inches 

 from the ftem from top to bottom. 



IN the beginning of July they ihould 

 be gone over carefully, and all the moots 

 pulled off, but two of the fmalleft, from 

 the fide-branches that were (hortened, for 

 as they will pufh many on every fhortened 

 branch, they will both rob the main flem, 

 and be too heavy for the plant to bear. 



I N any of the months next winter the 

 fide-branches muft be thinned and cut 

 clofe to the ftem, fo as to ftand regular quite 

 round the bole, at a foot diftance at the 

 bottom, and at eight inches towards the 

 top ; and the fide-branches on the main 

 ftem of laft fummer muft be fhortened tg 

 three inches. 



NEXT July the fprouts that moot from 

 where the branches were cut clofe, fhould 



be 



