SSO OF THE MILDEW, 



be taken up, and others better adapted to the soil 

 planted in their room. It will be found absolutely 

 necessary always to endeavour to suit the particu- 

 lar sorts of fruits to the nature of the soil ; for it 

 is in vain to expect all sorts of fruit to be good in 

 the same soil. 



If the weakness of the tree proceed from an 

 inbred distemper, it will be adviseable to remove 

 it at once, and after removing the earth to plant 

 another in its place. 



But if the weakness has been brought on by 

 ill-management in the pruning, which is frequently 

 the case, I would advise the method of pruning 

 and training which is laid down in this treatise to 

 be adopted without loss of time. 



How common it is to see the young luxuriant 

 branches trained up to their full length every year, 

 and so carried to the top of the wall in a very short 

 time, by which the fruit-bearing branches are 

 robbed of a great part of their nourishment, which 

 weakens them so much that they have not strength 

 to produce fruit ; but the blossoms fall offi and not 

 tmfrequently the branches decay, sometimes even 

 their whole length, and this is ascribed to a blast ! 

 Luxuriant shoots should be stopped, and all super- 

 fluous wood should be cut out ; otherwise they will 

 exhaust a great part of the nourishment which 

 should go for the support of the fruit-bearing 

 branches. 



There is another sort of blight that sometimes 

 happens pretty late in the Spring, viz. in April and 



