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cTofe to the Stem of the Tree; and 



having plac'd your Left-hand to the 

 Bottom of the Tree, to prevent its 

 being difturb'd, with your Right- 

 hand cut off the Head of the Tree to 

 about four or five Eyes above the 

 Bad, fo that the Hoping Side may be 

 toward the Wall. 



In the Spring, if the Weather 

 proves dry, you muft now and then 

 give your Trees a gentle Refrefhing 

 with Water ; in the doing ot which, 

 if you obferve to water them, with 

 a Rofe to the Watering Pot, all over 

 their Heads, it will greatly help 

 them i and alfo lay fome Turf in the 

 Manner diredlcd for Apples, or fbme 

 other Mul(h, round the Roots, to 

 prevent their Drying during the 

 Summer Seafbn : As new Branches 

 are produc'd, obferve to nail them 

 to the Wall in an horizontal Pofition ; 

 and fuch Shoots as are produc'd fore- 

 right, muft be intirely difplac'd. 

 This muft be repeated as often as is 

 receflary to prevent their hanging 

 from the Wall j but by no means 

 ftop any of the Shoots, which are to 

 remain in Summer. 



A't Michaelmas^ when the Trees 

 have done growing, you muft un- 

 nail their Branches, and fhorten 

 them in Proportion to their Strength : 

 A vigorous Branch may be left eight 

 or nine Inches long ; but a weak one ■ 

 fliouid not be left above five or fix. 

 I fuppofe many People will wonder 

 at this Direction, elpecially having 

 allowed iuch a Diftance between the 

 Trees, as believing by this Manage- 

 ment the Wall will never be lill'd i 

 but my Reafon for it is, that I would 

 have no Part of the V/all left unfur^ 

 nifij'd with bearing Wood, v/hich 

 muft confequently be the Cafe, if 

 the Branches are lett to a great Length 

 at firft J for it feldom happens, that 

 more Buds than two or three will 

 ihoot fo| Branches, and thefc areior 



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the moft part fuch as are at the ex- 

 treme Part of the laft Year's Wood j 

 ib that ail the lower Part of the 

 Shoots become nake<i, nor will they 

 ever after produce Shoots: And this 

 is the Reaibn we fee fo many Trees, 

 which have their bearing Wood 

 fituated only in the extreme Part of 

 the Tree. 



When you have (horten'd the 

 Shoots, be fure to nail them as hori- 

 zontally as polfible j for upon this it 

 is, that the future Good of the Tree 

 chiefly depends. 



The fecond Summer obferve, as 

 in the fir ft, to difplace all fore- right 

 Shoots, as they are produc'd, nailing 

 in the other clofe to the Wall hori- 

 zontally, fo that the Middle of the 

 Tree may be kept open \ and never 

 fhorten any of the Shoots in Summer, 

 unlefs to furnifh Branches to fill va- 

 cant Places on the Wall, and never 

 do this later than April, for Realbns 

 before given in the Article ox Apples, 

 At Michaelmas fhorten thcfe Shoots, 

 as was direded for the iirft Year, 

 the ftrong ones may be left nine or 

 ten Inches, and the weak ones fix, 

 or feven at moft. 



The following Year*s Manage- 

 ment will be nearly the fame with 

 thefe i but only obferve, that Apri-' 

 cocks produce their BlofTom Buds, 

 not only upon the Lift Year's V/ood; 

 but alfo upon Curfons or Spurs, 

 which are produc'd from the twQ 

 Year's Wood : Great Gire fhould 

 therefore be had in tnt Summer Ma- 

 nagement, not to hurt or difphce 

 thefe i ( but do not leave any Part ot 

 the Branches for Snags or Spurs, as is 

 by many pra^tis'd } : Obierve alio to 

 fhorten your Branches at the Wiiiter 

 Pruning, lb as to furnifh frelli V/ood 

 in every Part of the Tree i and be 

 fure to cut out intirely ail luxuriant 

 Branches, or difplace them as fooa 

 as they are produc'd, which would 

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