318 



RENOVATING OF 



sary in trees that have had long spurs upon 

 them, because for want of a due portion of 

 sun and air, it will always be found that a 

 great deal of lichen or moss has been pro- 

 duced upon the branches and spurs, which 

 closes up the pores of the wood and conse- 

 quently renders the trees unhealthy and un- 

 productive. (See the Chapter on spurring 

 fruit trees.) 



In order properly to clean the trees, let 

 them be sprinkled over with water and then 

 be well rubbed with a hard brush in everv 

 part where it can possibly be done, taking 

 great care not to break off any part of those 

 spurs which are to remain. After a tree 

 is thus cleaned, let it be anointed with com- 

 position proper for the sort of tree. 



In treating upon those trees which do not 

 generally bear fruit upon spurs, such as 

 Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots. I shall 

 add but little in this Chapter, because in 

 fact I know not any method that can be 

 practised upon old neglected trees of those 

 kinds, (in order to get the wall covered with 

 good fruitful trees) equal to that of planting- 

 young ones that have been previously trained 

 for two or three years. (See the Chapter upon 

 'Peach and Nectarine trees.) But when ne- 

 cessity induces to the cutting in or heading 

 such trees, they must always 'be pruned to 

 a leading shoot, so that the sap will have a 

 channel in which it can be immediately em- 



