134 A TREATISE OF 



they will fhoot more in length than other* 

 wife> and be more backward in bloffpin^ 

 ing, to which they ought to be bi ought as 

 foon as poffjble, for nothing checks the vi-. 

 gour of trees more than bearing. 



Thofe parts that are defigned for bear- 

 er? xhould be nailed depending about fix 

 in:hes apart. If there be too many, let 

 thi worit be cut out ; and if any of them 

 b: longer than the fpace between the hori- 

 zontals, let them be turned like the new 

 ft cms in this plate. 



If there be room upon the walls, let the 

 horizontal branches be continued, till they 

 nearly touch the other trees, then let them 

 be turned downward, as E in fig. 6. to the 

 middle of the fpaces between them, and 

 let them be then nailed horizontally to- 

 wards the ftems. I have obtained good fruit 

 by this method. 



If there be any branches which were cut 

 the laft fummer to about nine or ten inches 

 Jong, let them be taken quite out, other- 

 wife they will produce new ones, and fhade 

 thofe that are preparing bloffoms ; but let 

 as many as pofTibleof thefe branches which 

 proceed from the ftem, and were nailed up 



