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ftrong Soil, or againft a low Wall, 

 mould be twenty Feet or more j 

 but, in a moderate one, eighteen 

 Feet is a good reafonable Diftance ; 

 then make an Hole where each Tree 

 is to ftand, and place its Stem about 

 four Inches from the Wall, inclining 

 the Head thereto; and, after having 

 fixed the Tree in the Ground, nail 

 the Branches to the Wall, to prevent 

 their making; then cover the Surface 

 of the Ground round the Root with 

 rotten Dung, to keep out the Froft : 

 in this State let it remain till Febru- 

 ary, when, if the Weather is good, 

 you mult un-nail the Branches of 

 your Trees, fo as not to diiturb their 

 Roots ; and, being provided with a 

 iharp Knife, put your Foot clofe to 

 the Stem of the Tree; and, having 

 placed your Left-hand to the Bottom 

 of the Tree, to prevent its being 

 difturbed, with your Right-hand cut 

 orF the Head of the Tree, to about 

 four or five Eyes above the Bud, fo 

 that the Hoping Side may be toward 

 the Wall. 



In the Spring, if the Weather 

 proves dry, you muff, now-and-then, 

 give your Trees a gentle Refrelhing 

 with Water ; in the doing of which, 

 if you obferve to water them with 

 a Rofe to the Watering-pot, all 

 over their Heads, it will greatly help 

 them ; and alfo lay fome Turf, in 

 the manner directed for Apples, or 

 fome other Mulch, rour.d the Roots, 

 to prevent their drying during the 

 Summer-feafon : as new Branches 

 are produced, obferve to nail them 

 to the Wall in an horizontal Pcfition ; 

 and fuch Shoots as are produced 

 iore-right, mull be intirely difplaced. 

 This muft be repeated a& often as is 

 neceffary, io prevent their hanging 

 from the Wall ; but by no means 

 #op any of the Shoots in Summer. 



At Michaelmasy when the Trees 

 Kave ddne growing, you mull un- 



nail their Branches, and morten 

 them in proportion to their Strength; 

 a vigorous Branch may be left eight 

 or nine Inches long, but a weak one 

 lhould not be left above five or fix. 

 I fuppofe many People will wonder 

 at this Direction, efpecially having 

 allowed fuch a Diftance between the 

 Trees, as believing, by this Ma- 

 nagement, the Wail will never be 

 filled ; but my Reafon for it is, 

 that I would have no Part of the 

 Wall left unfurnifhed with Bearing- 

 wood ; which muft confequently be 

 the Cafe, if the Branches are left to- 

 a great Length at firft ; for it feldom 

 happens, that more Buds than two 

 or three moot for Branches ; and 

 thefe are, for the moft part, fuch as 

 are at the extreme Part of the laft 

 Year's Wood ; fo that all the lower 

 Part of the Shoots become naked, 

 nor will they ever after produce 

 Shoots ; and this is the Reafon we 

 fee fo many Trees which have their 

 Bearing-wood fituated only in the 

 extreme Part of the Tree. 



When you have fhortened the 

 Shoots, be fure to nail them as ho- 

 rizontally as pofhble ; for upon this 

 it is that the future Good of the 

 Tree chiefly depends. 



The fecond Summer obferve, as 

 in the firft, to difplace all fore-right 

 Shoots, as they are produced, nail- 

 ing-in the other clofe to the Wall 

 horizontally, fo that theMiddleof the 

 Tree may be kept open ; and never 

 fhorten any of the Shoots in Sum- 

 mer, unleis to furnifh Branches to 

 fill vacant Places on the Wall ; and 

 never do this later than April, for 

 Reafons hereafter given in the Ar- 

 ticle of Peaches. At Michaelmas. 

 fhorten thefe Shoots, as was directed 

 for the firft Year ; the ftrong ones 

 may be left nine or ten Inches, and 

 the weak ones fix or feven at moft. 



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