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and have been fruitful their whole 

 Length. And if we do but care- 

 fully obfcrve the Branches of a 

 healthful Standard Tree, which has 

 been permitted to grow without 

 t'runing, we fhali find many that 

 are ten or twelve Years old, or 

 more, which are very full of thcfe 

 Curfons, upon which is annually a 

 good Number of Fruit produced. 



During the Summer Seaibn thefe 

 Trees (liould be often lock'd over, 

 to tra;n in the Shoots as they are 

 produced, regularly, to the Wall 

 or Eipaiier, and to difplace fore- 

 right and luxuriant Branches as 

 they flioot out, whereby the Fruit 

 will be equally cxpos'd to the Air 

 and Sun, which will render them 

 imore beautiful, and better taftcd, 

 than when they are (haded by the 

 Branches i and by thus managing 

 the Trees in Summer, they will al- 

 ■wavs appear beautiful, and in Win- 

 ter 'they will want but little Pru- 

 ning. 



Where Tear-tree j are thus regu- 

 larly trained, without flopping of 

 the'ir Shoots, and have full Room 

 for their Branches to extend on 

 each Side, there will never be any 

 Occafion for disbarking of the 

 Branches, or cutting oft the Roots 

 (as hath been diredcd by feveral 

 Writers on Gardening) which Me- 

 thods, however they may anfwer 

 the Intention for the preient, yet 

 ■will certainly greatly injure the 

 Trees, as mufl all violent Amputa- 

 tions, which (hould ever be avod- 

 ed, as much as poflible, on Fruir- 

 trees ; rmd this, 1 am iiire, can ne- 

 ver be wanted, where Trees have 

 been rightly planted, and reguiarly 

 trained, while young. 



The Seafon for pruning of thefe 

 Trees, is any time after the 

 Fruits are gathered, until the Be- 

 ginning of Marcht but the fooner 



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it is done, after the Fruit is ga- 

 thered, the better, for Reafbns al- 

 ready given for pruning of Teach' 

 trees ; though indeed, the deferring 

 of thefe until Spring, where there 

 are large Quantities of Trees to 

 prune, is not fo injurious to them, 

 as to fome more tender Fruits. 



All the Sorts of Summer Tears 

 will ripen very well, either on 

 Standards, Dwarfs, or Efpaliersj as 

 will all the Autumn Tears^ upon 

 Dwarfs or Efpaliers : But where a 

 Peribn is very curious in his Fruit, 

 I would always advife the Planting 

 them againfl Efpalicrs, in which 

 Method they t.ike up but little 

 Room in a Garden, and if they are 

 well managed, do appear very 

 beautiful, and the Fruit is larger 

 and better tailed than thofe produ- 

 ced on Dwarfs, as hnth been alrea- 

 dy obferved. But all the Sorts of 

 Winter Tears mufl be planted a- 

 gainfl: Eaft, Sourh-Eafl, or South- 

 Wefl Walls, otherwife they feldom 

 ripen well m England. 



In the Gathering of Tears great 

 Regard fhould be had to the Bud 

 which is formed at the Bottom of 

 the Footflaik, for the next Year's 

 Bloflbms, which by forcing off the 

 Tear, before it be mature, is many 

 times fpoilcd j for during the Time 

 the Fruit is growing, there is al- 

 ways a Bud formed by the Side of 

 the Foo'flaik, upon the fame Spur 

 for the next Year's Fruit j fo that 

 when the Tears are ripe, if they 

 are gently turned upwards, the 

 Footltalk will readily part from 

 the Spur without injuring A the 

 Bud. 



The Seafcn for gathering all 

 Summer Tears is juft as they ri- 

 pen, for none of thefe will remain 

 good above a Day or two after 

 they are taken from the Tree 5 

 nor will many of the Autumn 



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