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^ortened about one third of their length, and 

 nailed in horizontally and regular to the wall, 

 ' four or five inches alundcr. 



Or Ibme, for llandards, may be planted ia 

 a warm Ibelttred fituation; nnd in which 

 they, in favourable feaibns, often bear plen- 

 tiful crops, and lipen in good perfedl.on. 



The general culture of tne wall apricot-trees 

 confiils of a Sumnrier and Winter pruning, and 

 in both of which a general fupply of the 

 young flioots of each year muft be retained 

 for principal bearers, as thofe trees bear 

 chiefly on tlie young wood of a year old, as 

 formerly obfervcd. 



The Summer prunipxg may be commenced 

 in May or June, and confifts of only a regul?.-: 

 tion am.ong the young fhoots of ihe year, in 

 which prune out all the fore- right produc- 

 tions, others thai are ill-placed, and very 

 juxuriant growths : and if the proper fhoots 

 are too abundant, cut out the fuperflucus, 

 leaving plenty however of all the well-placed 

 fide (hoots, and a good leading Ihoot to each 

 mother branch ; and let the whole of the re- 

 tained flioots be continu.ed at their full length, 

 and trained in clofe and regular to the wall 

 all Summer, to chufe from in Winter pruning 

 for next year's bearers. Obferving in May 

 and beginning of June, as fometimes apricot 

 fruit are abundantly too numerous, often 

 growing in clufters, they lliould be thinned 

 in their young growth, leaving the moll pro- 

 mifing firigly, three or four inches diftance, 

 cr more, on their refpedive fjioots. Thofe 

 thinned oiF, are ejfcelleht for tarts. 



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