148 A TREATISE OF 



CHAP. XLVII. 



Pruning of Mulberry-trees againft Walls. 



AS mulberry-trees are fometimes 

 planted againft walls, and by that 

 means made to produce excellent fruit, I 

 think their nature of bearing ought to be 

 obferved, and the manner of pruning and 

 nailing. They produce their fruit at the 

 lower end of a new-made branch, that is, 

 the fiTiit and branch that bears it are both 

 of the fame year's produ6tion ; but thefe 

 branches don't grow that year from the 

 rind of either ftem or horizontal, but from 

 buds near the extremities of branches made 

 before' By thefe remarks, it is plain they 

 will not bear till the ftuds be more than a 

 year old, without having their ends cut 

 oft'; for fhortening the ftuds often caufes 

 them to put out too many fhoots, and too 

 ft:rong for bearing, and fo near one ano- 

 ther that they can't receive proper fupport 

 from the fun and air. The figures in the 

 third plate will ferve very well for fpeci- 

 mens to dire6l the fliape of a mulberry- 

 tree 



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