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the Wall, in their due Order as they 

 are produced ; for this is the princi- 

 pal Seafon when you can bdl order 

 the Trees as you would have them ; 

 whereas, if they are neglected until 

 Midfummer, as is the common Prac- 

 tice, a great Part of the Nourith- 

 ment will be exiiaulled by fore-right 

 Shoo's, and other ufelefs Branches, 

 which mull afterward be cut ofF ; 

 and hereby the remaining Shoots 

 will be render'd very weak, and per- 

 haps fome Part of the Wall be in- 

 tirely unfurnihYd with Branches ; 

 which might have been eafily fup- 

 plied in the Beginning of May, by 

 flopping fome of the llronger Shoots 

 in fuch Parts of the Tree where 

 there is a Neceffity for more Branch- 

 es ; which would caufe each of them 

 to (hoot out two or more Side- 

 branches below the Ends of the 

 Shoot?, which may be guided into 

 the vacant Parts of the Tree, as they 

 axe produced, fo as that every Part 

 may be regularly furnifiVd with 

 proper Wood ; which is the greateft 

 Beauty and Excellency of Wall- 

 trees : but you fliould always forbear 

 flopping the Shoots in Summer, 

 where there is not a Necemty for 

 Branches to fill the Wall ; for there 

 cannot be a greaterFault committed, 

 than that of multiplying the Num- 

 ber of Shoots, fo as to caufe a Con- 

 fufion, whereby the Branches will 

 be too weak to \ roduce good Fruit : 

 befides, when they are too clofe laid 

 in upon the Wall, the Air is exclu- 

 ded from the Shoots by the great 

 Number of Leaves, fo that they 

 are never duly ripen'd ; and confe- 

 quently, what Fruit is produc'd 

 thereon, can't be fo well-tailed as 

 thofe which are produc'd upon fuch 

 Trees where the Shoots receive all 

 | the Advantages of Sun and Air to 

 maturate them. 



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Thus having fet down the Method 

 of training up young Trees, 1 (hall 

 now proceed to their Pruning, and 

 future Management . which, being 

 the fame as with full-grown Trees, 

 will ferve for general Directions how 

 to manage thefe Sorts of Fruit. 



In the Pruning of Peach and 

 Nectarine-trees (which require the 

 fame Management), the two follow- 

 ing Rules mould be ftrictly obferv- 

 ed ; <vix. Firft, That every Part of 

 the Tree be equally furnifti'd with 

 bearing Wood ; and, Secondly, That 

 the Branches are not laid in too 

 clofe to each other, for the Reafons 

 before laid down (with fome others 

 which will be hereafter inferted). 

 As to the firft, it mull be obferv'd, 

 That all thefe Trees produce their 

 Fruit upon the young Wood, either 

 of the preceding Year, or, at moll, 

 the two Years Shoots, after which 

 Age they do not bear : therefore 

 the Branches fliould be pruned fo 

 as to caufe them to produce new 

 Shoots annually in every Part of the 

 Tree ; which cannot be done in the 

 ordinary Method of Pruning, where 

 Perfons neglect their Trees at the 

 Seafon when they are moil capable 

 of Management, which is in Jpri/, 

 May, and June ; at which time the 

 luxuriant Growth of Branches may 

 be check'd by pinching, and new 

 Shoots produc'd where they are 

 wanting, by Hopping the neighbour- 

 ing Branches; which Shoots, being 

 produc'd at that Seafon, will have 

 time enough to ripen, and gain 

 Strength, before the Autumn comes 

 on; whereas all thofe Shoots wh>ch 

 2re produc'd after the middle of 

 June, will be crude and pithy ; and 

 though th^y may fometimes pro- 

 duce a few BlofTcrns, yet thofe rarely 

 bring Fruit ; nor are the future 

 Branches good which are produced 

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