So OF PRUNING 



four good fhoots may be laid in from each; 

 and thofe cut to fix eyes, two or three 

 proper branches may be laid in for wood j 

 all others rmift be rubbed off, that thofe 

 laid in may have room to grow and the 

 fruit to ripen : they mould be nailed as 

 they advance in length, for it is very pre- 

 judicial to the young wood of peach-trees, 

 to be blown and twitted by the wind, ef- 

 pecially where they are ftrong, as thofe 

 that are managed thus will certainly be. 



Itt the autumn they mufl be pruned j 

 and mortened according to their fl'rcngth ; 

 if they have thriven as they mould,' they 

 will be all vigorous and in great heart ; 

 but none of the branches mould be cut 

 fhorter than fix eyes, and the ftrongeft to 

 nine and ten ; they mould be nailed as 

 foon as pofllble after they are cut. The 

 next fpring they will bear plenty of blo 

 foms, and as they are now come to a 

 pretty good fize, they muft be carefully 

 looked over, and all the branches that are 

 not to be laid in for wood, rubbed off 



while 



