88 THE CULTURE OF 



Directions for Pruning. 



that fruit of superior size and flavour can 

 only be obtained from young trees in well 

 thinned wood. 



Pruning Trees, 



In the culture of these trees, it is requi- 

 site that the business of pruning be well un- 

 derstood; and as both the old and young 

 wood annually bear fruit, there can be 

 less occasion for a redundancy of young 

 shoots remaining on the trees; and being 

 naturally of very branchy growth, it will be 

 necessary to reduce the number of shoots 

 materially ; recollecting, that every spur or 

 knot of the old wood will afford fruit or 

 bloom ; and that those of moderate and free 

 growth require to be left in preference to 

 the more luxuriant. Such healthy young 

 wood remaining on the trees at equal dis- 

 tances as possible, not less than six inches 

 apart, will much contribute to the increased 



