FRUIT-TREES. 83 



blow fo ftrong as thofe that are cut in 

 autumn. 



THER are many objections made by 

 fome gardeners to the pruning of fruit- 

 trees in autumn, but they are in my opi- 

 nion in general frivolous, and not worth 

 confuting. Let the directions given be care- 

 fully attended to and they will all vanifh. 

 As foon as convenient, a-ftei* the trees are 

 pruned, let them be nailed ; all their ex- 

 tremities bending a little to the right 

 and left, from the middle of the tree, ne- 

 ver allowing two mreads to bear the fame 

 way, nor permit the branch to reft a- 

 a nail, for it cankers it. 



THERE i-s many a good tree injured- 

 by being pinched m the fhread ; the befl 

 method is to un-nail the whole tree, and 

 then diipofe of the large wood regularly all 

 over the wall, the young wood will fall In 

 properly of eourfe. 



IN th-e fpring, when the trees begin to 

 F 2 pufh.,- 



