Feb.] The Fruit Garden. 77 



to extend them, let them be all trained in legalarly in 

 that order, and nailed Ihraight and clofe to the wall;, or 

 tied to the eipalier, five or fix inches diilance. 



For the management of young trees of thefe forts, fee 

 the vvojk of the Fruit Gurdcn in January and March. 



Prune Standard Fruit-trees, 



Standard fruit-trees, in the orchard or garden, may be 

 pruned anytime this month where neceflary ; obfervingonly 

 to cut from thefe trees all dead wood, and d-^cayed cafual 

 or worn-out branches as do not promife to bear well, and 

 that crowd the others, and all fuch as aflame a rambling, 

 crofs-placed, very irregular growth. Where the branches 

 in general are crowded, let fome be cut away in a regu- 

 lar manner, fo that the principal branches may Hand 

 clear of each other. 



if any old trees are greatly infeiled with mofs, which 

 fometimes over-run tlie branches, let it now be cleared 

 cir", for it much impoverilhes the trees and fruit. 



Prune Vines, 



Vines may be pruned now, but the fooner that work is 

 done the better. In pruning vines, obferve to cut out 

 part of the old naked branches, to make room for the 

 bearing wood. 



The lafc year's flioots are properly the bearing wood ; 

 that is, they produce llioots the enfuing fummer, and thefe 

 0i'jots bear fruit the fame feafon : care muft therefore be 

 tahen to leave a proper fupply of the llrongeft of the lall 

 year's fhoois in every part of the tree; and take care al- 

 ways to have a fucceliion of young wood coming up re- 

 gularly, from and towards the bottom of the wall. 



Leave the branches or Ihoots in general at equal dif- 

 tances, atl-all eight or nine inches from each other. 



Every Ihoot muil be Ihortened according to its ftrength; 

 fome to three, four, or five eyes or joints long; and let 

 the cut be made floping, about an inch above and behind 

 an eye or bud. 



Let every branch or fnoot be trained ftraight and clofe to 

 the wall, &c. at equal diftances from each other ; none 

 clofer than the diftances above-mentioned. 



But for the particular method of the winter ordering 

 thefe trees, fee the work of No^vember, January^ Sec, 



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