OF PRUNING 



tumn : as foon as the buds begin to pufl- 

 the fpring they muft be headed down tc* 

 four eyes ; when the young fhoots reach 1 

 the wall there mould as many be laid in 

 as can be properly trained ; that is, thofe 

 that come from the fides of the tree ; for 

 all fore-rigfit buds and alfo thofe between 

 the wall and tree muft be rubbed off. 



No tree difagrees fo much with the 

 knife as the cherry ; if it is rightly mana- 

 ged in the fummer, there will be little' 

 ufe for th-at inftrument at the pruning fea- 

 fon : if there are four proper fhoots after 

 heading, which is often the cafe, as the 

 buds of cherries are more oppofite to one 

 another than in moft trees ; one of each 

 fide muft be trained horizontal, the othe? 

 two more upright, but ftill inclining to 

 fhe right and left. 



IF it mould happen (as it fbmetimesf 

 does) that two branches can be laid in oij* 

 the one fide, and only one on the other, 

 cut one out, that there may be an equal 



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