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in the pruning of the Trees; for 

 want of which we often fee thefe 

 Trees very full of fmall Shoots, but 

 do not find many Flowers produced 

 upon them i therefore I Ihall fet 

 down Directions for pruning of 

 thefe Trees, fo as to obtain a 

 great Quantity of Flowers and 

 Fruit. 



Th« Flowers of this Tree are 

 always produc'd at the Extremity 

 of the Branches which were pro- 

 duc'd the fame Year : This there- 

 fore directs, that all weak Branches 

 of the former Year fhould be cut 

 out, and that the flronger fhould 

 be fhorten'd in Proportion to their 

 Strength, in order to obtain new 

 Shoots in every Part of the Tree. 

 Thefe Branches may be laid in 

 againfl the Wall, about four or five 

 Inches afunder ; for as their Leaves 

 are fmall, fo there is not a Necelfity 

 of allowing them a greater Diftance. 

 The befl Time for this Work is 

 about Michaelmas, or a little later, 

 according to the Mildncis of the 

 Seafon ; but if they are left until 

 Spring before they are prun'd, they 

 feldom put out their Shoots fo early; 

 and the earlier they come out, the 

 Iboner the Flowers will appear, 

 which is of great Confequence 

 where Fruit is delir'd. In Sum- 

 mer they will require no other 

 dreiVmg, but to cut off very vigo- 

 rous Shoots which grow from the 

 Wall, and do never produce Flow- 

 ers, (for it is the middling Shoots 

 only which are fruitful) and when 

 the Fruit is form'd, the Branches 

 on which they are, fhould be fa- 

 ften'd to the Wall to fupport them, 

 otherwife the Weight of the Fruit, 

 when grown large, will be apt to 

 break them down. 



Though, as I faid before, the 

 Fruit of this Tree feldom arrives 

 to any Perfection in this Country, 



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fo as to render it valuable,- yet for 

 the Beauty of its fcarlet Colour, to-- 

 gether with the Variety of its 

 Fruit, there fhould be one Tree 

 planted in every good Garden, fince 

 the Culture is not great which 

 they require : The chief Care is 

 to plant them upon a rich, flrong. 

 Soil, and in a warm Situation. Upon 

 fbme Trees, which had thefe Ad- 

 vantages, I have obferv'd a great 

 Quantity of Fruit which have ar- 

 riv'd to their full Magnitude ; but 

 I can't fay they were well-flavour'd ; 

 but however, they made a very 

 handfbme Appearance upon the 

 Trees. 



The double-flowering Kind is 

 much more efteem'd than the other 

 in this Country, for the fake of its 

 large, beautiful, double Flowers, 

 which are of a mofl beautiful fcar- 

 let Colour, and if the Trees are 

 fupply'd with Nourifhment, will 

 continue to produce Flowers for 

 near three Months fuccelTively, 

 which renders it one of the moil 

 valuable Flowering-trees yet known. 

 This mufl be prun'd and managed 

 in the fame Manner as hath beeix 

 already directed for the Fruit- 

 bearing Kind : But this Sort may 

 be rendered more produdtive of its 

 beautiful Flowers, by grafting it 

 upon Stocks of the fmgle Kind, 

 which will check the Luxuriancy 

 of the Trees, and caufe them to 

 produce Flowers upon almoft every 

 Shoot ; by which Method I have 

 had a low Tree, which was planted 

 in the open Air, extremely full of 

 Flowers, which made a very fine 

 Appearance. 



The Dwarf Sort was brought 

 into Europe from the warmefl Parts 

 of Americ/i, where the Inhabitants 

 cultivate it in their Gardens for the 

 Beauty of its Flowers, together 

 with its continuing to produce 



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