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Bafin with Mulch ; and once or twice 

 a Week, according to the Heat and 

 Drought of the Seafon, pour down 

 fixteen or eighteen Gallons of Wa- 

 ter to the Root of each Tree ; or 

 where there is an Engine, which 

 will difperfe the Water in gentle eafy 

 Drops, like Rain, if the fame, or a 

 larger Quantity of Water, is fprinkled 

 all over the Branches of the Trees, 

 tikis, foaking down to the Roots, 

 will keep the Fruit conllantly grow- 

 ing ; which will prevent their falling 

 off the Trees, as they generally do 

 where this Method is not praclifed ; 

 and the Fruit, being thus conllantly 

 nouriftied, will be much better tail- 

 ed ; and hereby the Trees will be 

 maintained in Vigour ; fo that it is 

 what I can, from long Experience, 

 recommend as one of the mod necef- 

 far> Things to be pra&ifed by all 

 Lovers of good Fruit. 



When the Peach-trees are carefully 

 managed in che Spring of the Year, 

 according to the Rules before laid 

 down, all the Nourifhment which 

 the Roots can fupply will be ufefully 

 employed in nourishing fuch Shoots 

 only as are to be continued, as alfo 

 the Quantity of Fruit which is pro- 

 per for each Tree ; therefore both 

 muft of Confequence be rendered 

 better ; for where there is not this 

 Care, the Trees foon grow ragged, 

 and are not furnifhed properly with 

 Branches ; and thofe Shoots which 

 are produced, are fome very weak, 

 and others very luxuriant whereby 

 the Trees are rendered very unfight- 

 ly, as alfo unhealthy ; and never 

 continue many Years fruitful : and 

 by thus training of the Branches to 

 the Wall, as they are produced, the 

 Fruit will be always equally expofed 

 to the Sun and Air ; which in the 

 common Method of managing thefe 

 Trees, by letting their Branches 

 grow rude all the Spring, they are 



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deprived from ; and confequently 

 do not receive the Benefit from thefe 

 equal to thofe which are properly 

 managed : and by the timely rubbing 

 off ufelefs and luxuriant Shoots, it 

 will fave much Trouble, and prevent 

 the Ufe of the Knife in Summer, 

 which is very hurtful to thefe Trees; 

 for there will be no need to fhorten 

 any of the Shoots in Summer. 



When thefe Rules are duly exe- 

 cuted, there will be no Occaiion to 

 pull off the Leaves of the Trees, to 

 admit the Sun to the Fruit, which 

 is often pradtifed ; for if we confi- 

 der, that the Leaves are absolutely 

 neceffary to cherifh the Bloffom-buds, 

 which are always form'd at the Foot- 

 flalkb of the Leaves, the pulling them 

 off before they have perform'd the 

 Office affign'd them by Nature, is 

 doing great Injury to the Trees ; 

 therefore I caution every one againfl; 

 that Practice. 



It is a common Opinion which has 

 for fome Years prevailed, even 

 among Perfons of good Underftand- 

 ing, That Peach trees are not long- 

 liv'd ; therefore fhould be renewed 

 every twenty Years : but this is a 

 great Miftake ; for I have eaten fome 

 of the fmeft Peaches of various 

 Kinds, which grew on Trees which 

 had been planted above fifty Years : 

 and I am convinced, by Experience, 

 that when the Trees are budded up- 

 on proper Stocks, and carefully 

 planted and managed, they may be 

 continued fruitful and healthy fixty 

 Years and upward ; and the Fruit 

 produced on thefe old Trees will be 

 much better flavour'd than any of 

 thofe upon young Trees : but 1 fup- 

 pofe the Foundation of the above 

 Opinion was taken from the French^ 

 who generally bud their Peaches up- 

 on Almond - Hocks, which are of 

 Ihort Duration ; thefe feldom lafting 

 good more' than twenty Years : but 



