?6 OF PRUNING 



Itf the fprmg* when the bads begin to 

 pufh, all the fore-rigfcteyes mould be rubbed 

 off, and the young fhoots laid regularly in 

 from the- Jail year's wood, at five, fix, and 

 {even inches diftanee, which mould be 

 nailed as they advance in length all the 

 jfummer. It is the common method to 

 Iptir apricots ; but it is better to keep them 

 full of young wood ; the fruit is much 

 larger, and fhe bloffom is not fo liable to 

 be killed by the froft in fpring, as'that on 



the fpurs which is fo far off the wall. 



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Tii next October the young moots 

 mufl be mortened according to their 

 ftrength, to four, fix, eight, and' ten 

 inches : perhaps there may be fome very 

 vigorous fhoots, which mufl be cut to 

 eighteen inches or two feet long, if there 

 Is room to lay it in and the young moots 

 "that come from it, if not cut it clean off. 



IN fpring the fore-right buds muft be 

 rubbed off; as the tree is now large, this 

 work mufl be performed at different times, 



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