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number of bundles of bean-stalks about these than 

 about any other fruit-trees. Wasps are also very 

 destructive to Nectarines, and the trees are very 

 liable to be infested with the red spider ; these are 

 to be destroyed as hereafter directed. 



Let the wall, with the stems and branches of the 

 trees, be carefully inspected, and all the snails 

 about them picked oft' and destroyed. The young 

 snails frequently commit great depredations on the 

 leaves before the fruit is ripe. — [See the Chapter 

 on Insects.] 



It may, perhaps, be necessary to observe here, 

 that after the fall of the leaf the young shoots 

 should be unnailed, in order to harden the wood ; 

 and in hot weather form basins on the borders, 

 and mulch them, as directed for Peaches. 



The same mode of watering with the engine is 

 also to be observed in dry hot weather. 



Do not omit to thin the fruit when grown to a 

 tolerable size ; but never pick off* the leaves till 

 the fruit be full grown ; observing the rules already 

 laid down for Peaches. It will answer equally well 

 with Nectarines as with Peaches, to plant some 

 trees on an East wall, which will continue the 

 succession much longer than if all were planted 

 in the usual aspects. 



In the Summer of 1800, which was dry and hot, 

 we had a West aspect which was so much infested 

 with the red spider, that I expected the trees 

 would have been totally destroyed. In February 

 following, I had the wall well washed with soap 



