Nov.] The Fruit Garden. 505 



Prune Apricot-trees , l^c. 



Prune apricot, peach, and neftarine trees ; and tins 

 may be done any time in this month. 



In pruning thefe trees you are to obferYie the fame 

 method as mentioned in the former month; the lad 

 fummer's fhoots having been trained in abundantly in 

 fummer, the moil: irregular and overbundant of them 

 are now to be pruned xut, and a due fupply of the beii- 

 placed, and moilpromifing moderate llrong nioots are to 

 oe preferved in every part at proper diilances, for thefe 

 tr^es produce their fruit principally upon the former 

 year's Ihoots. 



The old naked branches which have no young Hioots 

 on them, jfhould be either entirely cut out or ftiortened 

 to fome convenient branch thatfupports fuchflioots; ob- 

 ferving always to cut them off clofe, leaving no ilump, 

 and make the cut fmcoth. 



Let it be a rule in prui^ing thefe trees, to let fome of 

 the old naked wood in every part be cut away every year, in 

 the v/inter pruning, to make room for the laft fummer'.s 

 fhoots, a due fupply of which Ihould be left every where 

 at modcrai:e difcances to bear fruit next fummer ; and al! 

 fuch as are not wanted mull be cut away quite clofe, 

 leaving no fpurs. 



The young fhoots which are now left mufl be at the 

 fame time fhortened, more or lef?., according to the vi- 

 , gour of the tree and flrength of the different flioots ; 

 which is done in order to promote their producing a more 

 efFe£lua! fppply of new fhoots next year, to bear fruit the 

 year following. 



For the principal particulars of performing the me- 

 chanical operation of general pruning of all thefe trees, 

 and fhortening the fnoots, &c. fee the Fruit-Garden of 

 January and Oflober. 



Likewife obferve, that as foon as a tree is pruned, it 

 will be the belt method to nail that before you prune 

 another. 



Nail all the branches and fhoots perfedly flraight and 

 clofe to the wal', and at regular diHances ; five inches or 

 thereabouts is the diftance that the flioots and branches 

 in general fhouH be laid from one another. 



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