iBz A TREATISE OF 



moft part a piece of hard dead bark 

 furrounding the wound firft made, which 

 prevents it from healing, and will in time 

 kill the branch if fuffered to continue up- 

 on it 3 therefore this grievance fliould be 

 removed as foon as difcovered, by cutting 

 away all the dead wood and rind to the 

 quick; after which^ the wound muft be 

 covered either with pitch and rofm melted 

 together, of each an equal quantity, or 

 elfe with dry foot. It will not prove mor- 

 tal in cafe you are obliged to cut the branch 

 three parts through, in order to take out 

 the dead, but will foon heal up ; where- 

 as if it is fuffered to remain, that part of 

 the branch above will foon die. Apricots 

 muft in all other refpc6ls be pruned and 

 difbudded like peaches ^ and alfo their 

 fruit thinned after the fame manner, in 

 proportion to their natural fize. 



But obferve that apricots require more 

 water than peaches and neclarines, and 

 where there is a full crop of fruit, if the 

 ieafon is dry, they muft be watered plenti- 

 fully for the fpace of a month before they 

 are ripe^ otherwifc they will be both fmall 

 and ill tafted. 



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