27 S The Fruit Garden. [June. 



Tkimiing Wall- fruit. 



Thin the wall-fruit, 'where 'it is produced, and flill re- 

 m:Jrxing too clef:; upon the trees. 



This is to be 'underltood, principally of apricots, peaches, 

 and nectarines; and in thinning them, let the fame rule 

 be obferved now, as that mentioned in the lalt month, 

 of the fame kinds of fruit. 



Atph-trees,' l^c. 



The apple, pear, plum, and cherry-trees, both agdnfl 

 walls and efpaliers, will now have made ftrong fhoots ; 

 and where it was not done in May, it is now full time thev 

 were gone over, and properly regulated. 



Let thofe trees be locked over v/ith very good attention, 

 and let them now be properly cleared from all ufelefs and 

 unnecefTary fhoots of the year ; that is to fay, let ail luxu- 

 riant fhocts, wherever they appear, be. taken off cJofe : ' 

 all foreright ihoots muft be alfo ta'^en away; and alfo fuch 

 fhoots asare prbduced in 'parts of the trees, v/hereby tliey 

 cannot be properly trained iij ; and fuch as are abfolutejy 

 not wanted for a fupply cf wood, muft all be difplaced ; 

 at the fame time being careful to re^iain in a moderate 

 fiipply of the bell regular placed flioots to train in, to 

 chafe from, in the winter pruning, by the'rules explained 

 belovv, viz. , 



That in ordering thefe trees, it muil be obf?rved, that 

 there is no need to leave fuch a general fupply of young 

 wood, as iu peaches, nedlarines, &c. which b-zar their 

 fruit always upon the one year old Ihoots, and in confe- 

 quence thereof, there is a neceiiity to leave every fumrner 

 a generalfuppJy of young wood, in every part of the tree:; 

 for, as in apples, pears,, plums, and cherries, their 

 bi7anches do not begin to bear till they are tv/jD or three, . 

 and fome four or hve years old ; that is, the branches of 

 cherries generally begin to bear atone and two ; the plum, 

 and apple y two or three;' but thofe of the pear, are at 

 leaft three, but are fometimes four or five years before 

 they begin to bear : and vyhen the faid branch;;s of all thefe 

 kinds have arrived to a fruitful Hate, the fame bearers con- 

 tinue bearing more and more, for many years ; fo that, 

 as above hinted, there is no occafion, after the trees ar^ 

 once furnifhed fully with bearing branches, to leave fuch 



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