THE SCOTS GARDENER 



fault of our wall-trees and is occasioned through 

 neglecting to cut while young, even the first year, 

 as is said above. 



But albeit a tree right begun, and so going on, 

 yet one year's neglect, or wrong pruning, may spoil 

 it. For as I was once pruning wall-trees, an ingeni- 

 ous person standing by, said, I cut them too low, 

 aledging thereby, the wall should be long uncov- 

 ered, desiring me to cut them a little higher. I told 

 him that was wrong ; but for to satisfie him, I cut 

 two of them about eight or nine inches higher than 

 I designed, or should have done. The next year 

 these two trees left about a foot naked round, and 

 above the same crown'd like nests, while the rest 

 were equally and orderly furnished. When he be- 

 held this, his minde was changed, and I was obliged 

 to cut exactly where I should have done the prece- 

 dent year, which was now a little below the middle 

 of the naked place, and this put them several years 

 behind the rest of bearing fruit. 



You may nail them at Michaelmas that year of 

 planting, and continue so to do at the seasons here- 

 after described. Prepare double plancher-nails, and 

 tags of hats (which is better than leather) ; shape 

 the tags about half an inch broad, and betwixt three, 



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