150 The Gardeners Kalendar. May. 



when branches are over charged with fruit, 

 the]^% are often rendered fo weak as to be hable 

 to fufFer by the leaft inclemency of the feafon. 

 Peaches and Nedarines, whofe fruits are only 

 produced on the fhoots of the former year, 

 iliould not have more than two or three fruit 

 left upon a branch where it is ftrong, and but 

 one on thofe which are very weak. 



You muft now look carefully over your 

 Vines, and ftop fuch fhoots as have fruit on 

 them at the fecond or third joint beyond the 

 fruit, and train the branches clofe to the wall 

 in a regular order ; but fuch {hoots as are de- 

 figned for bearing the fucceeding year, {hould 

 not be {topped until the latter end of the next 

 month, or the beginning of July 5 for when 

 thefe are {topped toofoon, the lower buds often 

 puHi out weak fhoots, v/hich is a great preju- 

 dice to them. At the fame time you muft rub 

 off all weak trailing branches, clofe to the 

 places where they are produced ; for if thefe 

 are fuffered to remain, they will occafion a 

 great confufion of branches, whereby the fruit 

 will be greatly retarded in their growth, and 

 the flioots for bearing the following year, will 

 be greatly weakened. If this be duly obferved, 

 there will never be a neceflity for dive{ting the 

 flioots of their leaves, to let the air and fun to 



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