234 OBTAINING TREES FOR FORCING, .&C. 



siderable importance; for although the bud may 

 take, and the tree grow freely for a time if 

 worked on an improper stock, they will fre- 

 quently, when coming into bearing, dwindle 

 away ; and although some may exist for years, 

 they are merely an incumbrance to the house. 

 Here I am speaking more particularly of peaches, 

 nectarines, and apricots, as it cannot be expected 

 from the general practice of gardeners that they 

 should be acquainted sufficiently with the wood 

 of the different kinds, to know them by, while in 

 a young state in the nursery, or the nature of 

 the stocks on which the different sorts ought to 

 be budded ; and it is very mortifying when 

 the trees come into bearing to find, instead of a 

 favourite peach, perhaps a nectarine substituted, 

 or some other peach of inferior quality. 



MANAGEMENT OF VINES, AND SEASONS FOR 

 FORCING. 



Par. 34. — Prior to the vines being forced, it 

 will be necessary for them to be properly pruned, 

 upon which subject I almost fear to hazard an 

 opinion, there being so many different methods 



