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from fuch Wood, the Veffels being 

 too large to itrain the Juices, fo that 

 they eaiily admit of great Quantities 

 of crudeNourifhment to pafs through 

 them. Therefore thofe Perlbns who 

 only regard their Wa!l-trcts at two 

 different Seafons, viz. the Winter 

 and i'viidfummer Pruning, cannot 

 poiiibiy have them in good Order; 

 for when all the Branches which were 

 produced in the Spring, are permit- 

 ted to remain until tbe Middle or 

 Latter-end of June (as is the com- 

 mon Practice), fome of the mofl vi- 

 gorous will draw the greaceft Part 

 of the Nouriftiment from the weaker 

 Branches ; which, when the ftrong 

 ones are taken off, will be too weak 

 to produce fair Fruit ; and hereby 

 the Strength of theTreesis exhauii:- 

 ed, to nourifh the ufelefs Branches, 

 which are annually cut off again : 

 and thus are too many Trees ma- 

 nagVl, and at the fame time Com- 

 plaints made of their Luxuriancy ; 

 becaufe two or three Shoots, by 

 drawing in the g*eate# Share of the 

 Nourifnment, grow very llrong and 

 woody (whereas, if the Nouriftiment 

 had been equally, diltributed to a re- 

 gular Quantity of Branches, there 

 would be no Sign of their too great 

 Strength); until, by often cutting 

 off thefe vigorous Branches, theTrees 

 are either intirely deilroy'd, or, at 

 leaft, render'd fo weak as not to be 

 able to produce Fruit : for although 

 by thus weakening the Branches, it 

 is often the means to produce a gocd 

 Number of BloiToms (as may many 

 times be obferv'd alfo upon autum- 

 nal Shoots) ;yet the utmolt of their 

 Strength is fpent in ' expanding the 

 Flowers, fo that they rarely produce 

 Fruit ; and very often the greateft 

 Part of the Branches die foon after ; 

 which is fuppofed to be occafion'd 

 by a Blight as I have elfewhcre faid) 

 when in 1 tality it is no:hing left than 



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the' Fault of thofe who have the 

 Management of the Trees. It is 

 therefore of the greatelKJonfequence 

 to the Wall- trees, efpecialiy of thefe 

 Sorts, to go over them two or three 

 times in the Months of May and 

 June to rub off all irregular Shoot?, 

 and to train in the Branches that are 

 left in due Order to the Wall, that 

 each Shoot may have an equal Ad- 

 vantage of Sun and Air ; both of 

 which are abfolutely necclTary to ri- 

 pen and prepare the Wood for the 

 next Year's Bearing. 



And by duly observing the Trees 

 at this Seafon, there will not be Oc- 

 cafion for fo much Cutting, as is 

 often practiced on Peach-trees, to 

 their great Injury ; for their Wood- 

 branches are generally loft, tender, 

 and pithy, which, when greatly 

 wounded, are not healed over again 

 fo foon as many other Sorts ofTrees; 

 and the Wet, infinuat:ng into the 

 wounded Parts, doth often caufc the 

 Branches to canker and die ; which 

 may be intirely avoided by the 

 gentle, eafy Method of pinching 

 and rubbing off the B-uds in the 

 Spring-feafon, which never makes 

 any Wounds on the Tree : and 

 hereby a vail deal of Labour is fa- 

 ved ; for onePerfon, who is ready at 

 this Bufinefs, will go over a great 

 Quantity of Walling in a Day ; 

 whereas if the Trees are permitted 

 to grow rude all the Spring, they 

 will require fix times the Labour to 

 reduce them into Order : befides, it 

 is a^great Difadvantage to the Fruit, 

 in permitting the Branches of the 

 Trees to extend from the Wall, and 

 fhade them : and when they have 

 grown under the Shelter of thefe 

 Branches and Leaves all the Spring, 

 until Midfnmner, then by pruning 

 off and fliorter.ing moil of thefe 

 Shoots, and nailing the ethers clofe 

 to the Wall, the Fruits are fuddenly 

 expofed 



