312 FRUIT GARDEN DISPLAYED. 



low ftragglers, keeping the branches mode<i 

 rately ciiin, not lefs than about fix inches 

 afunder, and in ibme regular order, with the 

 middle of the trees kept lomewhat open ; and 

 the retained Ihoots may either be ihortened 

 moderately, lefs or more, in general, or fuck 

 only as advance much longer than the others: 

 or the rule is, if required to keep thefe ftand- 

 ard bullies to moderate heads, the Ihoots may- 

 be fhortened in proportion j but generally ofc- 

 ferve, in any lower ihoots advancing to fup- 

 piy cafual vacancies, they ihould not be ihort- 

 ened till advanced at lealt equal in height 

 with the general branches of the head j and it 

 is proper to clear out all root fuckers, and to 

 trim off lateral faoots from the item. 



Or in Summer, when thefe bufhes are very 

 crouded with young wood of the year, it may 

 be thinned in May or June, cutting it out 

 more or leis, to admit the fun and air to the 

 fruit. 



Any trained againfl walls, or in fanned 

 ftandards in the open borders or quarters, 

 trained in the manner of an efpalier, as fcr- 

 ir.erly mentioned, fhould alfo have an annual 

 pruning. Thoie againft walls in particul ir 

 Ihould be pruned both in Summer and Win- 

 ter; a Summer pruning to cutout the fore- 

 right produdions, lupe.rfluous and ill-placed 

 ihoots, training in the others, and the prin- 

 cipal leading Uioots, at their full length ; and 

 in Winter, where the Ihoots were left too 

 abundant in Summer, fhould now be cut out,, 

 together with lack others as may appear un- 

 I nc'.efr*)/. 



