Jan.] The Fruit Garden. 25 



fix inches afunder, and lliould be Ihortened to about eight 

 or ten, and lb to twelve or fifteen inches long, according to 

 their Itrength. 



But where trees are very vigorous, the flioots mufl: be 

 fhortened but little, fome to the length of ten, twelve, or 

 fifteen inches ; and fome of the ftrongeil flioots of a vigo- 

 rous tree may be ^id in eighteen inches or two feet long, 

 and fome of them alfo at full length. 



In fliortening the (hoots of thcfe trees, it will be proper 

 toobferve, that all flioots (liould, if polfible, be cut to an 

 eye that is likely to produce a leading fhoot ; fucn an eye, 

 or w^ood bud, is dillinguillied from the fruit buds, by its 

 being long and flat, the others being round, fwcUing, and 

 turgid ; or may alfo prune to an eye having two bioflbm* 

 buds, as from between thefe twin buds there will generally 

 ilTue a fhoot, which is neceffary to the welfare of the fruit ; 

 for where a leading fhoot is produced at the extremity of a 

 bearing branch, it draws nouriihment to the fruir, and the 

 fruit of fuch will be finer than in thofe (hoots deftitute of 

 leaders. 



After having pruned one tree, let it be diredly nailed 

 as you go on ; obferving to lay in the branches and (hoots 

 horizontally, perfectly llraight, and parallel to each other, 

 at the above mentioned diftanccs, nailing them all dole 

 to the wall in a neat manner. 



Kincs, 



Vines may be pruned any time this month, wlieii the 

 weather will permit. 



in training and pruning vines, obferve that the young 

 "fhoots of lall: fummer are the only bearing wood : and the 

 branches and bearing (lioots (hould be trained from about- 

 eight to ten or twelve inches diftance, either horizontally 

 or perpendicular, as the fpace of walling,. &c. will admit ; 

 and therefore in the pruning, carefully leave a fuflicient 

 quantity of the laft year's (lioors, at the above dillances, fo 

 that every part may be properly furniflied with them ; for 

 it is from thefe Only that the be^vring flioots are produced, 

 which yield the fruit in the fucceeding fummer; and to 

 make room for the fuccelnonal fupply of bearing frioot?, 

 mud cut avv'hy an equal portion of the old beareip; together 

 with all the fuperfluous or overabundant and ufelefs young 

 wood, cutting clofe to the old branches ; and let each re- 

 tained fiioot be ihortened to trom about three to four or 

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