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FRUITS, flowers; & SFIRUBS. 



APPLES AA'D PEARS. 



This month prune espalier trees ; cut out superflu- 

 ous and irregular shoot^, and decaj-ed branches: but 

 if the weather be cold you had better defer it till next 

 month or March ; the latter close to the place from 

 whence they spring. Train the young regular shoots 

 about the distance of six inches from each other : dont 

 shorten any of them till they are the length of your 

 espaliers, because the shoots bear most fruit towards 

 their extremities. If, however, there are vacancies 

 which want to be filled up, you must shorten such 

 joung shoots as are strong and adjacent to the vacan- 

 cies, for the purpose of naaking the shoots throw out 

 lateral shoots to fill the vacancies : in shortening the 

 shoots for this purpose, prune them about an inch 

 from a long flat eye, because those eyes produce 

 shoots ; whereas the round swelling eyes produce onl^ 

 fruit buds. 



PLUMBS AND CHERJRIES. 



Prune espalier trees when the weather is mild, i^ 

 ^he manner directed above for apples and pears. 



PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND APRICOTS. 



Prune espalier trees this month when the weather is 

 mild. The fruit will be most plentiful on shoots of last 

 summer's growth ; they must therefore be preserved 

 and trained horizontally about five inches apart. — 

 Prune oflf all the shoots of two, or more years growth, 

 where the room they occupy can be supplied with 

 young shoots : cut the old shoots close to the place 

 whence they grow, unless fruit bearing spurs have 

 sprung from them. Also prune some of the young 

 shoots the, length of six or eight inches, to produce 

 shoots for next year; observe in shortening those, t® 

 O-ut them an inch from a long fiut eye : those eyes prw- 



