148 l*he Gardeners Kakndar. May. 



Melons, Purflane, and Kidney-beans on 

 hot-beds, Mufhrooms, Parfley, Coriander, 

 ChervH, CrefTes, Muftard, and all forts of 

 fmdll faileting, early Turneps, Burnet, Tar- 

 ragon, with many other forts of fpring herbs. 



Work to be dene in the Fr u i t-G A r d e n. 



In the beginning of this month you muft 

 look over your wall and efpalier trees, and 

 carefully take off all foreright flioots and fucli 

 as are luxuriant dr ill placed ; and train fuch 

 kindly branches as you would preferve, regu- 

 larly to the wall or efpalier, which will pre- 

 vent your trees from growing into confufion 5 

 and ftrengthen the fruit branches, as alfo admit 

 the fun and air to the branches and fruit, which 

 are often obftruded by the luxuriant growth of 

 thofeflioots, to the great prejudice of them both. 

 The negledt of doing this work early will 

 occafion much more trouble, and greatly injure 

 your trees. For where this work is negleded 

 in this month, the trees cannot be brought in- 

 to fo good order by any after- management the 

 fame year. 



Where Apricots and Peaches have been left 



too thick, when firft looked over, they (liould be 



thinned the beginning of this month, obferving 



6 never 



