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Tree; are not fo fubjefl to break out 

 when headed, their Bark being for 

 the moft part hard, and the Wounds 

 given to old Trees are not fo ibon 

 heal'd as in young ones. 



The Summer following you mufl: 

 provide a Parcel of fmall Stakes, of 

 about three Feet long, to drive into 

 the Ground on each Side of your 

 Trees ; four to each Tree will be 

 Sufficient j to thefe Stakes you muft 

 faften the new Shoots, as they are 

 tproduc'd, as horizontally as poiTible, 

 and not fuffer them to grow upright, 

 as is the too common Pra<2:ice of 

 many ; for the Branches being thus 

 train'd iia Summer, will want no 

 Force or Violence to be us'd in Win- 

 ter, to bring them to their proper 

 Places, nor will their Shoots be fo 

 •grofs and ftubborn. 



If the Trees have taken kindly, it 

 is very probable that all the four Eyes 

 have produc'd Shoots j if fo, at Mi- 

 chaelmas ( which I would fix for the 

 Time of pruning) cut the two up- 

 permoft Shoots to four Eyes each, in 

 order to furnilli your Tree with 

 Branches,but the two undermoft may 

 be left fix or eight Joints in Length, 

 in Proportion to their Strength j but 

 let me lay it down for a Rule, never 

 to fhorten any Shoots in Summer, 

 unlefs it be to turnifh Branches to fill 

 .up a Vacancy in the Efpalier ; and ' 

 this fhould never be done after May ; 

 for Shoots which are produc'd after 

 Midfummer, are never duly ripen'd, 

 and prepar'd j fo can never be proper 

 either for the Production of Wood 

 or Fruit. 



But if your Trees have made but 

 three Shoots the firft Summer, then 

 at Michaelmas fhorten the uppermofl: 

 to three Eyes, leaving it upright in 

 the Middle of the Tree, and fnorten 

 the two Side-Branches to five or fix 

 Eyes, in Proportion to their Strength, 

 training them, s*- horizontally as poi- 



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fible ; and if they fliould have pro- 

 duc'd but two Shoots the firft Year, 

 then it would beadvifabletoihorten 

 both of thefe to four Eyes each, for 

 Realbns before given. 



The fecond Year you muft obferve 

 to train in all new Shoots horizon- 

 tally, as in the firft, and to difplace 

 all fore-right Shoots, which will 

 not come handfbmely into the Efpa- 

 lier, as faft as they are produc'd, 

 that they may not exhauft the Nou- 

 riftiment of the Tree : At Michael- 

 mas ftiorten the Shoots in the middle 

 Parts of the Tree, or where Branches 

 are wanted to fill up Vacancies j but 

 for ever aftier be cautious of unmerci- 

 fijl lopping or ihortning of Branches ; 

 for the more you cut, the more 

 they fhoot j and there is no Way fo 

 iiire in the Management of Pears and 

 Apples, as to leave their Branches at 

 full Length, where the Tree is fully 

 fupply'd with Wood, training them 

 as horizontally as may be, which 

 will prevent their luxuriant (hooting ; 

 befides, in many Sorts of Fruits, the 

 Bloflbm-buds are firft produc'd at the 

 Extremity of the laft Year's Shoots, 

 {o that, if they are cut off, you de= 

 ftroy the greateft Part of your Crop. 



Thefe few Rules, with diligent 

 Obfervation, will be fufficient for 

 the well-regulating, and managing 

 your Efpaliers, fo as to reap botb 

 Profit and Pleafure. 



APPLES OF LOVE.j ijtde Lyco- 

 perficon 6c Solanum. 



MAD APPLES i V. Melongena. 



APRICGCK or ABRIGOT. 



We have ia the En^lifi Gardens 

 about eight Sorts of this Fruit cuki* 

 vatedj which are, 



I. The Mafoiline Aprkock » 



1. The Orange Apricock, 



3. The Algier Apficock, 



4. The Roman Apricock. 

 5-. The Turkey Aprieock. 



6. TheTranJparmt Aprlmk. 

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