184 7"^^ Gardeners Kakndar. June. 



Nectarines, Cherries, Plums, &c, obferving to 

 take of each fort according to their times of 

 ripening their fruits. 



You muil now look over your wall and 

 efpalier trees again, and rub off all foreright, 

 ill-placed, or luxuriant branches, and train the 

 others regularly at equal diilances to the wall 

 or efpalier; but be not too officious with the 

 knife at this feafon, neither fuffer any of the 

 leaves to be pulled from the branches, unlefs 

 they are diftempered ; for the pulling off the 

 leaves, will expofe the fruit too much to the 

 fan in the day, and cold in the night, and 

 thereby check their growth ; befides, by taking 

 off the leaves too foon, the buds which are 

 formed at the foot-flalks of thofe leaves will be 

 greatly injured thereby. 



Where Peaches and Nedlarines have been 

 left too clofe together when they were thinned, 

 they (houid now be taken off, being careful not 

 to fuffer two or more fruits to grow nearer than 

 five or fix inches apart, which will greatly im- 

 prove the fruit, and Arengthen the tree for the 

 fucceeding year. 



Look careful iy after fnails and other ver- 

 min which infefl your choice fruit, and, if not 

 timely prevented, will fpoil it in a fliort time 

 at this feafon. 



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