FRUIT-TREES. loi 



be waflied all over, or as much as can be 

 without breaking the buds or branches ; 

 this will be a great deftruftion to the in- 

 fers at that feafon of the year. But before 

 cutting and nailing, let the following rules 

 be obferved ^ let all cuts be made on the 

 fides next the walls, and never let two 

 branches be laid acrofs each other, except 

 upon an extraordinary occafion for one 

 year, not longer -, neither let a branch be 

 pinched with the flireads. Let the ftrong 

 branches have ftrong flireads. Never let a 

 branch touch a nail, fo as to prefs againft 

 it. And before old fhreads are ufed, let 

 them be foaked a night in the aforefaid 

 brine. 



CHAP. XXXV. 



The firft Time of pruning and nailing a 

 Pear-Tree upon a free Stock, which had 

 three ftrong Shoots or more at the time 

 of planting, 



PEAR-trees bear their fruit upon ftuds 

 or fpurs of various ages y and there 

 are fome few which I have k^n that bear 

 upon the extremities of the laft year's, ftioots^ 

 H 3 others 



