9 5 O F P R U N I N G 



CHERRY-TREES in general produce* 

 plenty of fpurs, but there are fometimes 

 ipaces where there is only young wood 

 which grows fmgle on the horizontal 

 branches; this mutt be encouraged to grow 

 until the wood is hardened ; they then 

 fhould be fhortened to fix inches, and in 

 the pruning feafon cut to two eyes to pro- 

 duce fpurs. 



THERE are often on cherry-trees fmall 

 (hoots that are full of bloflbm buds ; theie 

 mutt be ihortened to an inch and cut to a 

 leaf bud. 



THERE is no tree fo fubject to vermin 

 as the cherry ; the fpurs generally grow 

 in thick clutters ; grubs often lodge there 

 and deftroy the bloflbm before it comes 

 out, and frequently after it blows : to 

 prevent this, the fpurs fhould not be clofef 

 on the horizontal branches than three 

 inches; as they grow in clutters they 

 fhould never be nearer than half an inch to 

 one another ; that admits a free air all 



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