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muft alfo continue to refrelh them 

 with Water in dry Weather, du- 

 ring the whole Seafon, othcrwife 

 they will be apt to fufferj for 

 their Roots having but little hold 

 of the Ground the firft Year after 

 trahfplanting, it the Seafon iliould 

 prove very dry, 'twill greatly re- 

 tard thcii: Growth, if due Care be 

 not taken to water them. 



In the Beginning of OSiober, 

 when you obierve the Trees have 

 done Ihooting, you ihould prune 

 them J in doing of which you muft 

 fhortcn the Branches in proportion 

 to the Strength of the Tree, which, 

 if ftrong, may be left eight Inches 

 long J but it weak, fhould be ihor- 

 ten'd to four or five : Then you 

 ihould train them horizontally to 

 the Wall (as was before directed j) 

 io that the Middle of the Trees 

 may be void of Branches i for that 

 Part of the Tree will be eaiily fur° 

 nifli'd with Wood afterwards : 

 whereas, if the Shoots are train'd 

 perpendicularly to the Wall, thoie 

 which are the ftrongeft will draw 

 the greatcft Share of the Sap, from 

 the Roots, and mount upwards j 

 lb that the Side-Branches will be 

 deprived of their Nouriiliment, and 

 grow weaker, until they many 

 times decay ,• and this is the Rea- 

 fon that we iee fo many Feach- 

 Trees with one upright Stem in 

 the Middle, and the two Sides 

 wholly unfurnifh'd with Branches, 

 whereby the Middle of each Tree 

 cannot produce any Fruit, that be- 

 ing fiird with large Wood, which 

 never produces any Bearing Shoots : 

 Nor can the two Sides of the 

 Trees be regularly fiU'd with fruit- 

 ful Branches, when this Defe6l hap- 

 pens to them J therefore this Me- 

 thod (hould be carefully oblcrv'd in 

 the training up young Trees j for 

 when they are permitted to run in- 



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to Diforder at firft, it wiM be im- 

 pofllble to reduce them into a re- 

 gular healthful State afterwards, the 

 Wood of thcfe Trees being too foft 

 and pithy to admit of being cut 

 down again (as may be pradiis'd 

 on many other hardy Fruit-Trees, 

 which will fhoot out vigoroufly a- 

 gainj) whereas thefe will gum at 

 the F'laces where they are wound- 

 ed, and in a fev/ Years intirely de- 

 cay. 



The Summer following, when the 

 Trees begin to fhoot, you (hould care- 

 fully look over them, to rub off all 

 fore-right Buds, or fuch as are ill- 

 plac'd, and train thofe which are de- 

 iign'd to remain horizontally to the 

 Wall, in their due Order as they arc 

 produced; for this is the principal 

 Seafon when you can befl order the 

 Trees as you would have them; 

 whereas if they are negledted until 

 Midfwnmery as is the common Pra- 

 (Slice, a great Part of the Nourifli- 

 ment will be exhaufled by fore- 

 right Shoots, and other ufelels 

 Branches, which muft afterwards 

 be cut off; and hereby the remain- 

 ing Shoots will be render'd very 

 weak, and perhaps fome part of 

 the Wall be intirely unfurnifh'd witla 

 Branches ; which might have been 

 eafily iiipply'd in the Beginning of 

 May, by ftopping ibme ot tlie 

 ftronger Shoots, in fuch Parts of 

 the Tree where there is a Nccefli- 

 ty for more Branches, which would 

 caufe each of them to (hoot out 

 two or more Side-branches below 

 the Ends of the Shoots, which 

 may be guided into the vacant 

 Parts of the Tree, as they arc 

 produced, fo as that every Part 

 may be regularly furnilh'd with 

 proper Wood, which is tii'c great- 

 eft: Beauty and Excellency of Wall- 

 Trees: But you Ihould always for- 

 bear flopping the Shoots in Summer, 



v-^here 



