3-6 TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND 



I mean this for the fecond Summer- nailing. At the time you 

 do this, carefully take off all the fide fhoots that come out 

 from the tops of the young branches. 



When the fecond nailing is done, if you fhould find any 

 very ftrong fhoots, they fhould be cut out, leaving the fine 

 kind fide fhoots that have been produced fince the firft top- 

 ping ; but only thofe that will bear fruit. If the Autumn 

 fhould prove fine, the trees will continue in full leaf to the 

 end of October, and fometimes to the end of November. 



When the leaves begin to fall, take a foft broom, and 

 brufh it gently over the branches of the trees, in order to 

 take off as many of the leaves as you can, without hurting the 

 buds. Remember, however, to brufh upward; for if you 

 brufh downward you will be very liable to break the buds. 



As foon as all the leaves are off, I would advife to unnaii 

 the young branches that were nailed in during the Summer, 

 leaving the ftrong ones to keep the tree fall to the wall. By 

 thefe means, the branches, being loofe from the wall, will re- 

 ceive the benefit of the fun and air, to ripen and harden the 

 young wood, which will not then be fo liable to be killed by 

 a hard winter. Leaving the trees fo till the Spring, when you 

 begin to prune them, there will be great choice of fine bearing 

 wood to fill the walls. 



The nails and fhreds that were laid up in Autumn, when; 

 the branches - were unnailed, fhould be pointed and- picked 

 during the wet weather in Winter ; they will then be fit to ufe 

 again. The fhreds that have been ufed in Summer fhould be 

 foaked in boiling-hot foapfuds for three or four days, which 

 will kill the eggs of earwigs and other infects, fo very def- 

 tructive to Peaches. 



After the trees are cut and nailed, if the weather fhould be- 



frofty, 



