June.] The Fruit Garden. 279 



a general and conllant fupply of young wood as in the 

 trees above-mentioned ; but, notwithilanding, it will be 

 proper to leave here and there in every tree, fome of the 

 belt ^-own and well-placed fide fnoots, together with the 

 leading one to each branch, if room ; and this fhoald not, 

 on any account, be now omitted : for fome of thefe will 

 very likely be wanted to lay in to fupply fome place or 

 other of the tree, in the winter pruning. 



And where there appears to be an ablolute want of wood, 

 in any part of thefe trees, do not fail, in that caf?, to 

 leave, if poITible, fome good fiioots in fach vacant parts. 



It is always the beil method to leave, in a moderate way, 

 full enough of the beft fiioots at this feafon ; they will he 

 ready in cafe they ihculd be wanted to fill up any vacan- 

 cy, or to fupply the place of old ufelefs cr dead v/ood, 

 when you come to prune in Vv'intcr ; and fuch (hoots are 

 not wanted at that time, may then be very eaiily cut 

 av/ay ; and there is nothing like having enough of proper 

 young wood' to choofe from, at the principal pruning 

 time. 



Let all the ihoots which are now left, be retained at 

 full length, and nailed, or otherwife faftened up clofe to 

 the wall of efpalicr, in a regular manner all fummer. 



Method to Jill 'vacant Parts of IVall-fees nvith Branches. 



At this feafon it will be proper to cbferve, that vuhcre 

 there is any vacant fpaces in any kind of wall, or efpaiier- 

 trees, it is now a moil: eligible time to prepare to furniih 

 them witii the requiiite fupply of wood in fuch parts, tlie 

 fame year, by pinching or pruning fhort fome con- 

 tiguous young flioot. 



For example, if two, three, or more branches may be 

 wanted to iill the vacancy, and fuppofe there be only a 

 young fnoot. produced in or near that place, it will, in 

 fuch cafe, be proper in the firft or fecond week of the month 

 to fhcrten the faid flioot or fiioots, to three, four, cr five 

 eyes, according to their ftrength ; and by this practice 

 each ihoot fo treated, will fend forth two or three, or 

 perhaps four lateral Ihoots ths fame feafon to fill up the 

 vacancy. 



The above method of fhortening the young Ihoots of the 

 fame feafon, may likewife be pradiifed on young trees, to 

 procure a fupply of branches to form a head. 



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