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Whenever this happens to Stone- 

 Fruit, which fufFer much more by 

 cutting than the former Sorts, it 

 {hould be remedied by (lopping or 

 pinching thofe Shoots in the Spring, 

 before they have obtained too much 

 Vigour 5 which will caufe them to 

 pufh out Side-branches, whereby 

 the Sap will be diverted from af^ 

 cending too fafl to the leading 

 Branch i (as hath been directed for 

 Wall-Trees) but this muft be done 

 with Caution, as before. 



You muft alfb cur out all dead 

 or decaying Branches, which caufe 

 their Heads to look very ragged, 

 efpecially at the Time when the 

 Leaves are upon the Tree, thefe 

 being deftitute of them, have but 

 a defpicable Appearance } befides, 

 thefe do attrad: noxious Particles 

 from the Air, which are injurious 

 to the Trees; therefore the fooner 

 they are cut out, the better; in 

 doing of this, you l>.ould obferve 

 to cut them clofe down to the 

 Place where they were produced, 

 otherwife that Part of the Branch 

 left will decay and prove equally 

 hurtful to the Tree; for it feldom 

 happens that when a Branch be- 

 gins to decay, that it does not die 

 quite down to the Place where it 

 .was produced, and if permitted to 

 remain long uncut, does often in- 

 fcS: fome of the other Parts of 

 the Tree. If the Branches are large 

 which you cut off, it will be very 

 proper, after having fmooihed the 

 cut Part exadly even with a Knife, 

 Cbiffel or Hatchet, to put on a Plai- 

 Aer of grafting Clay, which will 

 prevent the Wee from foaking into 

 the Tree, at the v/ounded Part. 



Allfuch Branches which run crofs 

 each other, fhould alfo be cut out ; 

 for thefe not only occafion a Con- 

 fufion in the Head ot the Tree, but 

 by lying over each other, do rub 



off their Bark by their Motion, and 

 very often occalion them to canker, 

 to the great Injury of the Trefc; 

 and on old Trees (efpecially Apples) 

 there are often young vigorous 

 Shoots produced from the old Bran- 

 ches near the Trunk, which grow 

 upright into the Head of the Trees ; 

 thefe therefore fliould carefully be 

 cut out every Year, left by being 

 permitted to grow, they fill the 

 Tree too full of Wood, which 

 fhould always be guarded againft, 

 lince it is impofllble for fuch Trees 

 to produce fo much, or fo good 

 Fruit, as thofe Trees, whofe Bran- 

 ches grow at a farther Diftance* 

 whereby the Sun and Air do freely 

 pafs between them, in every Part 

 of the Tree. 



Thefe are all the general Direfti- 

 ons which are proper to be given 

 in this Place, iince not only the 

 particular Methods, but alfo the 

 proper Seafons for Truning all the 

 different Kinds of Fruit, are fully 

 exhibited under their feveral Arti- 

 cles. 



PRUNUS ; The Plumb-Tree. 

 The Characiers are ; 



The Flon)er conjijh of five Leaves t 

 rphich are placed in a circular Or defy 

 and expand in fortn of a Rol^ i from 

 vphofs Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, 

 Tvhich after-wards becomes an oval of 

 globular Fruit, having a foft fiefJjy 

 Fulp, furrounding a hard sblong Stone^ 

 for the 7noJi part point ed-y to which 

 JJjould be added. The Foot-fialks are 

 long and fender, and have but a fin" 

 gle Fruit upon each. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Prunus j fruclii parvo profcoci. 

 Tourn, The Jean-hative, or White 

 Primordian. This is a fmall white 

 Plumb, of a clear yellov/ Colour,- 

 cover'd over with a white FleWj 

 which cafily wipes off; it is a pret* 

 ty good Bearer, and for its coming 



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