4 S OF PRUNING 



flocks, imlefs they are allowed a great deal 

 of room to fpread and to grow to fix feet 

 high, they require fo much cutting to 

 keep them in order, that they feldorn pro- 

 duce much fruit. 



WHEN the efpaliers are allowed to grow 

 high, unlefs the quarters of the kitchen- 

 gai'den are large, in fummer they caufe 

 the herbage to draw up weak, it is then 

 never io good, nor fo well tatted as when 

 it has free air. 



ESPALIERS are alfo flifF and formal, 

 and fpoil that agreeable rural look of trees 

 growing in the natural way. 



APPLES on French paradife-ftocks, 

 planted at eight or nine feet diflance, 

 pruned and kept in an eafy manner, make 

 a fine appearance, and produce better fruit, 

 and in greater quantities, than when they 

 are in efpaliers. 



TREES planted and trained thus, admit 



free 



