34^ FRUIT GARDEN DISPLAYED. 



The Winter pruning may be performed 

 any time from the fall of the leaves, in the 

 end of Odober or beginning of November, 

 till March ; confifting of a regulation both 

 among the young wood of lafl Summer's 

 training, and the older branches ; obferving 

 of the young fiioots, a general fupply mull be 

 every where retained of the moll regular 

 placed,, of middling ftrong growth, at mode- 

 rate diftnnces, to train in for fuccelfional 

 bearers next year, or for new wood occa- 

 fionally to encre.ife the cxpanfion of branches 

 where necefTary, pruning out clofe the fuper- 

 fiuous or over-abundant, with all fore-right 

 and other ill placed flioots and very luxuriant 

 produtlions; and of the old wood, cut out 

 part of the former bearers, and naked old 

 brunches not fumiflied with proper young 

 wood, or bearing fhoots, cr fruit fpurs, cut- 

 ting them down either feme to their origin, 

 or to fome lateral young Ihoots, Sec. to remain 

 for a leader, as m.iy ieem moll expedient to 

 make room for training the fucceffional bear- 

 ing wood now retained, cutting out all de- 

 cayed wood and old ftumps, generally leaving 

 one good terminal leading fhoot to each 

 branch, either naturally placed at the termi- 

 nation thereof, or fometimes the branches 

 pruned down to a good fhoot for a leader, as 

 above remarked ; and let the remaining ge- 

 neral fhoots, according as retained, be mode- 

 rately ftiortened, being careful in this not to 

 cut below where the blofTom buds appear, or 

 are expeded to advance; and as, often ia 

 thefe trees, final] natural fpurs of an inch or 



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