7$ OF PRUNING' 



Of ihe Management and Pruning of Peaches' 

 and Neffiarines. 



IN the management of peaches and 

 nectarines there will be neceflarily repeti- 

 tions of fome things that have been faid on 

 the management of apricots and other* 

 trees ; but it will (I imagine) be more 

 agreeable as Well as ufeful, to have ample 

 directions on thefe fubjects we are treating; 

 of, therefore I (hall plead its utility as a: 

 fofficient apology for fuch repetitions. 



ALL peach-trees, proper for planting, 

 fhouM be young and vigorous, have onlv 

 one ftem, and neter headed down unti* 

 the fpring ; as foon as they begin to pufh,- 

 they muft be headed down, if ftrong trees,' 

 to fix eyes, if weak, to four eyes: when 

 headed, open the ground a little on that iider 

 next the wall, and prefs the tree gently'to 

 it, until the top where it was cut oft" 

 touches the wall. 



