May. TheGu/^deners Kalendar. 151 

 the fruit, as is by forae unfkilfui perfons too 

 often pradifed, to the injury ix)th of the fruit 

 and branches. For the fruit always require to 

 be fcreened by fome leaves, otherwife the fun 

 and air will harden, and, inilead of accelerat- 

 ing, will retard their ripening -, and the (hoots 

 require their leaves to' infpire and perfpire, 

 whereby they difcharge the fuperiiuous moif- 

 ture. 



In moift weather you muft look carefully 

 after fnails, efpecially in the evenings and morn* 

 ings, or after warm' fiiowers, v*'hen they will 

 come from behind wall trees, and out of their 

 places of flielter, fo may be eafiiy taken : f©r 

 thefe are great enemies to choice fruit, but ef- 

 pecially to Peaches, Nedlarines, and Apricots. 



If the feafon fhould prove dry, you muft not 

 forget to refrefli all fuch trees as have been 

 lately planted, with water ; in doing of which, 

 it will be proper to fprinkle the water over all 

 their branches, which will be of great fervice 

 to them in wafliing off duft and filth, which 

 their leaves may have contradled ; and open 

 the pores of the flioots, which in very dry 

 weather are many times almoft clofed, where- 

 by the trees fuffer greatly -, nor is the water, 

 when poured to the root only, capable of re- 

 lieving them when in this condition ; this is 



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