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We jball here introduce the fever al Particulars relative to 

 the Trees in the Fruit Garden, fucb as Graftingi Bud' 

 dingy Incculatingy and Pruning of Standards, as •well 

 as IVall Trees, with the Mariner of training them, not- 

 ivithjlanding many of theje Particulars are already treats 

 ed of in the Dire^ory ; but the Ah ant age and Pleajure 

 it mufi give, to have them in the Order here preje?ited% 

 'Luill, "Jue hope, apologize J or any Thing that may be con- 

 p.dered as a Repetition. The engraved Reprefentations of 

 the Cuts, (given at the End of thefe InJlruL^ions,)iuhether 

 cf Incifson or Amputation, and the Form of the dofi and 

 the Stock, voith the different Applications that are to be 

 made of them, -luill much facilitate the Work, and render 

 the Conception eafy ; which is 07ie oj the Improvements a- 

 mongfi a Number this Edition has in Preference of any 

 other. 



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fPPLE-Tree. The chief care of this tree confifts in 

 never (hortening any branches unlefs wood is want- 

 ing, for the free ufe of the knife is not to be allowed; 

 I would recommend to go over the trees three or four 

 times in the growing feafon, and to pinch off luchfhoots 

 as are irregular, training others to tiieir places, obferv- 

 ing the horizontal pofitionj the diflance I would give 

 the branches for large fruit is feven inches, and for 

 the fmaller four or five ; it is to be obferved that the Ap- 

 ple produces its fruit upon iluds or Ipurs *, fo that they 

 are never to be cut off. 



apricots. Obfcrve to nail their branches hori/;ontally, 

 difplacirg all fore-right fhoots ; this to be repeated as it 

 is often neceflary, but on no account flop any (hoots in 

 fiimmer. At Michaelmas, when their growth is flopped, 

 loofen all the branches from the wall, to be fhortcned in 

 proportion to their ftrength ; a vigorous branch to eight 

 or nine inches, a weak one to five or fix, which arc to 



* Studs or Spurs are fmalj branches not exceeding fix 

 inches, having buds at their extremities, they proceed 

 from the fides of the larger branchc; of treci. 



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