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they will be half decayed, before 

 there is any Ufe for them : but then 

 the Perfons who are employ'd in 

 making the Trelafe, muft be very 

 careful in putting it up, not to injure 

 the Trees. 



When the Trees have acquired 

 Strength enough to produce a Quan- 

 tity of Fruit, that Part which is de- 

 fign'd to be forc'd the followiing 

 Spring, fhould be carefully pruned 

 at Michaelmas ; when the very weak 

 Shoots muft be cut out or pruned 

 very fhort, becaufe thefe, by being 

 forc'd, will for the moft part decay ; 

 and tho' fome of them may be full 

 of Flower-buds, yet ihefe Shoots, 

 being weak, cannot nourifh them ; 

 fo that the Flowers having exhauft- 

 ed all the Sap, the Shoots die foon 

 after, and rarely produce any Fruit. 

 The other more vigorous Shoots 

 mould alfobe fhorten'd to a proper 

 Length after the fame manner as is 



|j directed for thofe Trees in the open 

 Air; with this Difference only; <viz. 

 that thefe which are defign'd for 



• forcing, fhould not ha - e their Shoots 

 left fo long, becaufe the forcing of 

 them will weaken them ; and conse- 

 quently, fhould there be as great a 



I Length of Branches, there will pro- 

 bably be a greater Number of Fruit 

 on them ; becaufe, as thefe will be 

 fcreen'd from the open Air, they 

 will not be liable to Blafls ; and the 



I having too many Fruit on theTrees, 

 will render them final 1, and alfo too 

 much weaken the Trees : then the 

 Shoots fhould be all regularly faft- 



. en'd to the Trelafe at a proper Di- 

 fiance from each other ; fo that when 



| the Branches moot the following 

 Spring, they may not overhang 

 each other. The Reafon for my 

 advifing thefe Trees to be pruned fo 

 early in the Seafon, is, that thofe 

 Branches which are left on, may en- 

 joy the whole Nourifhment of the 

 gap ; fo that the Buds will become 



very turgid during the Winter-fea- 

 fon, and will be prepared to open 

 when the Fires are fet to work. 



The time for beginning to make 

 the Fires is about the Middle or 

 Latter-end of January, according as 

 the Seafon is more or lefs favoura- 

 ble ; for if the Trees are forc'd too 

 early into Flower, they will be in 

 fome Danger of mifcarrying, if the 

 Weather mould prove fevere ; fo 

 that it is by much the fureft Method 

 to begin about the time here direct- 

 ed, becaufe there will be a Neceflity 

 of admitting frefh Air to the Trees 

 when they are in Flower ; which 

 cannot be done with Safety, when 

 they flower in very bad Weather. 

 And thofe Trees which are forc'd 

 into Flower by the Beginning of 

 February, will ripen their Fruit as 

 early as moft People will defire to 

 eat them ; for the Cherries will ri- 

 pen early in April, and the Apricots 

 by the Beginning of May ; and foon 

 after, the Plums, Peaches, and Nec- 

 tarines, will be ripe. 



There are fome Perfons who plant 

 Strawberries in their Borders before 

 their Fruit-trees, in order to have 

 early Fruit, which often fucceed very 

 well: butwhere ever this is praclifed, 

 great Care fhould be taken to keep 

 them from fpreading over the Bor- 

 der, becaufe thefe Plants will exhauft 

 the principal Goodnefs of the Earth, 

 and thereby injure the Trees ; fo 

 that when it is defign'd to have 

 Strawberries in thefe Borders, I 

 would advife, that the Roots fhould 

 be either planted in Pots, or fingly 

 at a good Diftance on a fhady Bor- 

 der of loamy Earth, one Year before 

 they are defign'd to be forc'd ; du- 

 ring which tiix:e the Runners fhould 

 be diligently pulTd off, to encourage 

 the main Root for Fruiting ; and ac 

 Michaelmas thefe Plants may be 

 tranfplanted, with lar^e Balls of 

 Earth to their Roots, into the Bor- 

 ders* 



