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will preferve a gentle Moifture In 

 the Earth, better than any other 

 Sort of Mulch: and this will not 

 harbour Infe£ls, as mod Sorts of 

 Dung and Litter do, to the no fmall 

 Detriment ot the Trees. 



Inwateri g of thefe Trees, you 

 mould obferve to do it with aNoflel 

 upon the Watering-pot, fo as to let 

 it out in Drops : for when it is natti- 

 ly pour'd down, itcaufes the Ground 

 to bind ; and if you water over the 

 Head of the Tree, it will be of great 

 Service to it. Your Waterings 

 mould not be repeated too often, 

 nor Ihould they be given in great 

 Quantity ; both which are very in- 

 jurious to new-planted Trees. 



In the middle of May, ".hen thefe 

 Trees will have feveral Shoots fix 

 or eight Inches in Length, you 

 mould nail them to the Wall; ob- 

 ferving to train them horizontally, 

 rubbing off all fore-right Shoots, or 

 fuch as are weak, whereby thofe 

 which are preferved will be much 

 ftronger : but if there are not more 

 than two Shoots produced, and thofe 

 very ftrong, you Ihould at the fame 

 time nip off their Tops ; which will 

 caufe each of them to pufh out two 

 or more Shoots, whereby the Wall 

 will be better fupplied with Branch- 

 es : you muft alio continue to re- 

 frefh them with Water in dry. Wea- 

 ther, during the whole Seafon, other- 

 wife they will be apt to fuffer ; for 

 their Roots having but little hold of 

 the Ground the firft Year after 

 tranfplanting, if the Seafon fhould 

 prove very dry, it will greatly re- 

 tard their Growth, if due care be 

 not taken to water them. 



In the Beginning of OBoher, 

 when you obferve the Trees have 

 r*one (hooting, you Ihould prune 

 them ; in doing of which, you mull 

 fhorten the Branches in proportion to 

 liit Strength of the Tree ; which, 



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if ftrong, may be left eight Inches 

 long; but if weak, mould be fhort- 

 en'd to four or five : then you mould 

 train them horizontally to the Wall 

 (as was before directed), fo that the 

 Middle of the Trees may be void of 

 Branches ; for that Part of the Tree 

 will be eafily furnimed with Wood 

 afterwards; whereas, if the Shoots 

 are train'd perpendicularly to the 

 Wall, thofe which are the ftrongeft 

 will draw the greateft Share of the 

 Sap from the Roots, and mount up- 

 ward : fothat the Side-branches will 

 be deprived of their Nourishment, 

 and grow weaker, until they, many 

 times, decay ; and this is the Rea- 

 fon, that we fee fo many Peach-trees 

 with one upright Stem in the Mid- 

 dle, and the two Sides wholly un- 

 furniihed with Branches ; whereby 

 the Middle of each Tree cannot 

 produce any Fruit, that being fill'd 

 with large Wood, which never pro- 

 duces any bearing Shoots : nor can 

 the two Sides of the Trees be regu- 

 larly fill'd w;th fiuitful Branches, 

 when this Defect happens to them ; 

 therefore this Method mould be 

 carefully obferv'd in the training up 

 young Trees ; for when they are 

 permitted to run into Diforder at 

 firft, it will be impoffible to reduce 

 them into a regular healthful State 

 afterward, the Wood of thefeTrees 

 being too foft and pithy to admit of 

 being cut down again (as may be 

 pradiis'd on many other hardy 

 Fruit-trees, which will moot out 

 vigorouily again) ; whereas thefe 

 will gum at the Places where they 

 are wounded, and in a few Years in- 

 tirely^lecay. 



The Summer follcrwing, when the 

 Trees begin to ihoot, you ihould 

 carefully look over them, to rub off 

 ail fore right Buds, or fuch as are 

 ill-placed, and train thofe which are 

 defigifdto remain horizontally to] 



