FRUIT-TREES. i8i 



laterals as look tainted, muft be cut off 

 clofe to the horizontals j and if the ends 

 of the branches defigned for flems or hori- 

 zontals appear black, they muft be alfo 

 taken oft' two or three buds below the 

 tainted place, othervvdfe the mortification 

 will defcend downward, and deftroy the 

 greateft part of the branch. 



In the next place it muft be obferved, 

 that apricots fhould alv/ays have the healthy 

 bearers left on two years together; for they 

 are oftentimes furnifhed with fliort ftuds 

 the fecond year, which are more certain 

 to produce fruit, than thofe that are lon- 

 ger, and if not more than three inches 

 long they need not be nailed to the wall. 



As to ftems and horizontals, they muft 

 in all other cafes be managed in the fame 

 manner as direded for peaches ) and the 

 horizontals of different kinds muft be 

 laid at diftances from one another, fuit- 

 able to the natural growth of every fort. 



The ftrong branches of an apricot tree 

 are fubjeft to ifTue out gum, Vvdiereby they 

 are often very much weakened. Thefe 

 eruptions generally happen at places where 

 the rind is wounded, and there is for the 

 N 3 moft 



