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 The Fruit Garde r?, 



Wall-trees, 



IN gardens where there are wall-trees that have not 

 yet had their fumraer pruning and nailing, that v«ry 

 needful work Ihould now be done in the beginning of 

 ihe month ; otherwife, the fruit upon fuch trees will not 

 only be fmall and ill grown, but will alfo be very iU 

 talr«d, in compaHfon to the true flavour of thefe fruit. 



And, befides retarding the growth and debafing the 



talle of the fruit, it is alfo detrimental, in a very great 



?gree, to wall and efpaiicr trees, to negled the fummer 



: dering and nailing, entirely till this time ; and in par- 



■:ular to apricots, peaches, ncftarines, and fuch like 



' .:es as~produce their fruit principally upon the one year 



old Ihoots. 



Befides, it caufes great perplexity to the pruner tCK 

 I rcak through and regulate fuch a thicket andconfufionof 

 wood : — requires treble the pains and labour, and can- 

 not be executed with fuch accuracy as when the work is^ 

 commenced early m the fummer. 



There is a very great advantage in beginning betimes 

 in the fummer to train the ufeful (hoots in a proper di- 

 redion ; and at the fame time to clear the trees from all 

 ill placed and luxuriant wood ; for when the ufelefs wood 

 is timely cleared out, and the ufeful fhoots laid in clofe 

 and regular to the wall, the fun, air, and gentle ihow - 

 crs. will have all along proper accefs, not only to pro- 

 mote the growth and improve the flavour of the fruit,, 

 hut alfo to harden or ripen the fhoots properly, which is. 

 abfolutely neceiTary to their producing good fruit and 

 proper wood next year. 



But however, where there are wall-trees fHll remain- 

 ing unregulated, do not fail to let that be done in the 

 beginning of this month. 



In doing this, obferve, as faid in June, to clear out all 

 very luxuriant wood; and all foreright and other ill- 

 placed fhoots are alfo to be difplaced ; but rnind in par- 

 ticular to leave in the apricot, peach, and ne.*\arine 

 trees, as many of the we]l-pla::ed moderate growing 

 fticots as can be conveniently laid in; and let them, at 



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