FRUIT-TREES. 65 



AH the (hoots that form the heads of 

 dwarfs Ihould, as near as po/Tible, be of 

 an equal height, which may be effected 

 by flopping the principal branch when a 

 year old, at the height defired -, at the 

 fame time all the lower buds fhould be 

 rubbed off, and only five or fix left, which 

 are neareft the top. 



If thefe heads be two years old before 

 the trees are removed, they are not the 

 worfe, if the branches have been kept in 

 a horizontal pofition, except one fuffered 

 to grow upright. 



Some ftandard vines bear grapes wdiich 

 ripen well in England : they ought to 

 have ftiff ftems prepared, which may be 

 done by tying them up to flakes about 

 a foot high, before they make a head. 

 Figs may be trained up and brought to 

 bear in the fame manner ; but thefe two 

 lafl require a different preparation of foil^ 

 as before has been fhewn. 



Goofeberries, and currants, bear beft 



upon fingle flems, about the height of 



thofe of the other dwarfs, being free from 



fuckers at their roots, and having their 



F heads 



