FRUIT-TREES. 167 



or three years, according to the rules here 

 given, they will generally be found healthy. 



The fide A, C, in the figure laft men- 

 tioned, appears ftronger than the fide A, 

 B, by Its having produced more ftrong 

 horizontals ; one of v/hich is placed from 

 K to I, ancl fills the firfl fpace betwixt the 

 flems; and when one fide of a tree is 

 much ftronger than the other, its ftern 

 ihould be laid lov/er, and that fide which 

 is weakeft muft be raifed more upright. 



x^t this time of drefilng a tree, it is pro- 

 per to examine the lower parts firft, for 

 they are moft fubjecl to want young wood ; 

 but if there is a fufficient number of bear- 

 ing branches, then thofe which bore the 

 laft year muft be taken out. 



Branches betv/ixt fix and tvv^elve inches 

 long are beft for bearers, for they are 

 generally furniftied with ftrong bloflbm- 

 buds, and when they have been kept in 

 fummer the diftance of three inches from 

 one another, they will then have fubftance 

 fuitable to their length ; and the ftronger 

 they are, the larger their tubes will be, and 

 confequently the fap vnW circulate more 

 M 4 freely, 



