May^.] The Fruit Garden. 231 



the water with fach force againfl the trees, as to dlfplace ca- 

 terpillars, and other infers, and will effedually clear the 

 leaves and branches from duft, cobwebs, and from any fort 

 of filth they may have at any time contrafted ; and if the 

 waterings are repeated now and then, in very dry weather, 

 but few infedh can breed upon the trees. So that where in- 

 fects any time appear, and if it be dry weather let the trees 

 be well daihed with water from the above engine, once 

 every day for a week : it will greatly diminifh their numr 

 bers, if not totally deftroy them, provided it be done be- 

 fore the infedls have fpread too far. 



This engine may alfo be ufed occailonally In waterinor, 

 in dry weather, the branches of efpalier trees, and young or 

 old liandard trees, where any of the branches are at any 

 time attacked by infetSls of any fort. 



Thefe engines are both uleful and cheap. The bed are 

 thofe made of tin and copper, and may be bought at any 

 of the tin-fhops, &c. from about eight or ten fhillings to 

 one or two guineas, &c. according to the fize. 



Some forts are fixed in a large tin, or copper vCiTel for 

 containing the water, and placed on a garden water- barrow 

 occallonally, for the more ready moving it to different 

 parts, other forts of a more fimple conftruction, that when 

 ufed are placed in a large pr.il, or tub, filled with water ; 

 {o holding the engine with one hand and work it with the 

 other. 



Watering ne-M -planted ^rees. 



New-planted trees, both llandards and dwarfo, agalnil 

 walls or efpaliers, fhould in very dry weather be well wa- 

 tered at the root about once a week; it will alfo be of 

 great fervice to water the branches of the new-planted 

 trees, now and then, in dry weather. 



y}}ies. 



Vines now fhoot vigoroufly, and they will produce, be* 

 fides bearing and other ufeful fhoots, numbers that are aK 

 together ufelefs, which muft now be all cleared away and 

 the fooner the better. 



It is not every furamer that is favourable to the ripening 

 of grapes ; but it is in everyone's power to give them great 

 affiilance, by a right ordering of the vines at this early time; 

 aad where this work is executed in a timely and proper 



manner^ 



