26 The Fruit Garden. [Jan. 



five buds, or eyes, according to their ftrength : cutting 

 them about an inch above an eye, and fomewhat iloping. 



Thus in the courfe of pruning vines, you fliould ahvays 

 take care to leave every year fome young flioots in conve- 

 Dient places, both towards the bottom, middle, and top of 

 the wail, in order that there may be a conftant fucceifion 

 of young wood coming up, in regular order, in every part of 

 the tree, pruning out the fuperabundancy, as juflobferved; 

 and every year feme of the former bearers, and mofl un- 

 ferviceable old wood fliould be cut out ; for when the naked 

 old v/ood hath advanced near the top of the wall, it in a 

 manner becomes ufelefs ; fo it (liould be taken otF, either 

 quite to the bottom, ort o fome convenient lateral young 

 branch to fupply its place. See Fehruary and November, 



As foon as pruned, let them be immediately nailed up 

 {Irait and dole to the wall, at the above mentioned dif- 

 tances. 



Prune Qocfchcrry and Currant Trees, 



Goofeberries and currants bear both on the' young one or 

 two year's wood, and upon the feveral years branches, ge- 

 nerally upon fmall fpurs emitted naturally all along the 

 iides ; and in each winter pruning it will be required to 

 cut out any cafual worn-out, old, or irregular branches, 

 and a proportionable fupply of lail fummer's young flioots 

 retained. 



J n pruning goofeberries, let them be always kept thin of 

 branches, thefe not permitted to grow ramblingly aciofs one 

 iinother, but all pruned to regular order, fo as the main bear- 

 er?, or general branches and flioots llgnd fix or eight inches 

 diftatue at the extremities ; and generally, either keep the 

 middle fomewhat hollow, or if permitted to run up full 

 in the heart, keep it thin of branches, as above advifed ; 

 ib that you will now prune out any irregularities, &c. fuch 

 as cafual crowding, and crofs-placed wood, and any worn 

 out or naked old branches, retaining young flioots, where 

 necellary, to fupply their place ;-and cut out all the fuper- 

 abundant lateral flioots of lafl: fummer, clofe to the old 

 wood, only retaining here and there a good one in vacan- 

 cies, occ'afionally towards the lower parts to be advanc- 

 ing to a bearing ilate, to fupply the place of cafual worn- 

 out bearers ; and generally leave, where pradicable, a 

 terminating or leading flioot to each main branch, either 

 fuch as is placed naturally nt or near the end of the branch, 



or. 



