44- OFPRUNING 



WALL-TREES fhould never be planted 

 nearer the wall at bottom than nine in- 

 ches ; if they are planted fo clofe, for the 

 bole to prefs againft the wall, it often gums 

 and cankers them. 



THE proper diftances being marked on 

 the wall (which mould be afcertained for 

 each kind of fruit) open a hole a foot fquare, 

 and fixteen inches deep, in which lay a 

 flat flone at leaft two inches thick, and 

 on the ftone three inches of the mould 

 prepared for planting. 



THE roots of the tree muft be pruned fo 

 to ftand (loping on the mould laid on the 

 ftone, the head inclining to the wall ; 

 fill up the hole with the planting mould, 

 and tread it gently; then loofen it an 

 inch deep with the fpade, after treading 

 it. Cover eighteen inches round the 

 bell of the tree with mofs, two inches 

 thick, preffing it flat with the hand ; 

 fatten the tree to the wall with a imgle 

 nail and fhrezd, to prevent its being ihaken 

 with the wind, but fo loofe that the tree 



may 



