FRUIT-TREES. 373 



In fuch manner a tree fhould be con- 

 fined, till the branches are ftrong enough 

 to fupport themfelves in a proper pofition ; 

 and when the four firfl horizontals, I 

 niean thofe neareft the ground, are be- 

 come each a yard long, they fliould every 

 one have two branches preferved, and 

 trained in the fame manner as thofe of the 

 dwarf-tree, reprefehted by Fig. 6. marked 

 A A, and when thefe laft come to the 

 length of a yard, others mud be fuffered 

 to grow from them • in like manner as 

 from the firft -, and as all the horizontals 

 increafe in length, fo they fliould alfo in 

 number, by the rules given for the lowefb, 

 as reprefented by Fig. 7. and never fuf- 

 fered to crcls each other. 

 ' If the horizontals do not increafe fafl 

 enough in" length, then- all the upright 

 fhoots proceeding from them muft be ta- 

 ken off at their firfr apDearance, and the 

 longeft of thofe flioots near the ends, ex- 

 cept that branch defigned for the lengthen- 

 ing of the horizontal, for it mull: remain 

 in its natural way of growing till it is two 

 feet long -, and if a tree either bears or blof- 

 foms plentifully, without fnooting much, 

 B b :: then 



