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Eiif!i the lower Part of the Wall or 

 Efpalier : But when this is done, 

 the Shoots ought not to be fJiorten'd 

 unlefs where there is want of Bran- 

 ches to fill a. Vacancy i for when- 

 ever the Shoots are llopp'd, it occa- 

 iions the Bads immediately below 

 the Cut, to lend forth two or more 

 Shoots, whereby there will be a 

 Confuiion of Branches, and rarely 

 any Fruit is produc'd with this 

 Management. 



The Diftance which the Branches 

 of Tears fliould be train'd, muft be 

 proportiond to the Size of their 

 Fruit: Such Sorts v/hofe Fruit are 

 imall, may be allow'd five or fix 

 Inches ; but the larger Sorts muft 

 not be lefs than fcvca or eight In- 

 ches afunder : If this be duly ob- 

 ferv'd, and the Branches carefully 

 train'd horizontally as they are pro- 

 <3ucM, there will be no Occafion 

 for fo much cutting as is common- 

 ly praftis'd on thefe Trees, which 

 inftea-d of checking their Growth, 

 does, on the contrary, caufe them 

 to Ihoot the ftronger. 



It is very fur prizing to read the 

 tedious Methods which moft of 

 the Writers on Fruit-trees have di- 

 re6ted for pruning of thefe Trees ^ 

 for by their prolix and perplex'd 

 Methods, one would imagine they 

 liad endeavoured to render them- 

 Telves as unintelligible as poifible : 

 And this I am fure may be affirm'd, 

 that it is next to impofflble for a 

 Learner ever to arrive at any tole- 

 rable Skill m Pruning, by the tedi- 

 ous and perplex'd Duc6lions which 

 are publiih'd by Monficur ^uinti- 

 ney, and thofe who have copied 

 from him j for thef^ have all fet 

 out wrong in the Beginning, by 

 allowing their Trees lefs than half 

 the Diilance at which they fiiould 

 be planted} and then have prefcri- 

 bed Rules to keep them within 



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that Compafs, which is what can- 

 not be effedied, where Peribns arc 

 defirous of having Plenty of Fruit. 



I fliall therefore only lay down a 

 few neceflary pire6i::ons for the 

 Pruning and Managing of the^e 

 Trees, which fliall be done in as 

 few Words as poflible, that a Learn- 

 er may the more eafily underftand 

 it, and which (together with pro- 

 per Obfervations) will be fui5cient 

 to inftru6l any Perfon in the right 

 Management ot them. 



Tear-trees do generally produce 

 their BlofTom-buds firft at the Ex- 

 tremity of the laft Year's Shoot?, 

 £o that if thefe are (horten'd, the 

 Blollbms are cut oft: But this is 

 not all the Damage, for (as I be- 

 fore faid) this occaiions the Buds 

 immediately below the Cut to put 

 forth two or more Shoots, where- 

 by the Number of Branches will 

 be increas'd, and the Tree crowd- 

 ed too much with Wood j be£de^ 

 thofe Buds which by this Manage- 

 ment do produce Shoots, would 

 have only produced Curfons aai 

 SpurSi upon which the BloITom- 

 buds are produced, if the leading 

 Branch had not been fliorten'-d i 

 therefore thefe fnould never be 

 flopped, unlefs to furnifh Wcod ta 

 fill a Vacancy. 



It is not neceflary to provide a 

 new Supply of Wood in Fear-trees^ 

 as muft be done for Fearhes, Nccts,- 

 r'mesy ^■>c. which only produce 

 their Fruit upon young Wood , for 

 Tears do produce their Fruit upon 

 Curfons or Spurs, which arc produ- 

 ced upon Branches which are three 

 or four Years old, which Curfons 

 do continue fruitful many Years; 

 fo that where thefe Trees have 

 been skilfully managed, I have fl-ea 

 Branches which have been train'd 

 horizontally, upwards of twenty 

 Feet from the Trunk of the Tree, 



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