MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c. 177 



Hard-lhelled Almond ; the Dwarf, and the Double-flowering 

 Almonds. The lafl two, being beautiful early flowering 

 fhrubs, are planted for ornament only. 



Almonds are propagated by budding them upon Plum, 

 Almond, or Peach flocks. The next Spring you may train 

 them for ftandards, or let them grow for half ftandards ; but 

 the common way is, to bud them as high as you with the ftem 

 to be ; and the fecond year after they may be planted out for 

 good. If you are to tranfplant them into a dry foil, let it be 

 done in October, when the leaves begin to decay ; but if into 

 wet ground, the month of February is the proper feafon. 

 Almonds budded on Plum-ftocks thrive belt in a wet foil, and 

 on Almond and Peach flocks in a dry. 



When the young trees are brought from the nurfery, they 

 ftionld never be cut till the young ihoots begin to break, — • 

 as directed for Peaches and Nectarines. 



Almonds require nearly the fame management in pruning 

 as flandard Apricots. After wet Autumns, when the wood is 

 not well ripened, hard Winters are apt to kill the fhoots ; in 

 that cafe, they fhould be cut down to the found wood ; taking 

 care to cut out the crofs fhoots that rub againfl others, leaving 

 the tree open in the middle, pruning the ihoots about the 

 fame length as Apricots, and according to their ftrength. 

 Never omit cutting out all the cankery parts, and decayed 

 wood. 



Some plant thefe trees out as ftandards, and others as half- 

 flandards, according to the ground and fituation ; always 

 taking care to plant them in a fheltered place facing the 

 South, intermixing them in the back of the fhrubberies with 

 the taller flowering fhrubs : or they may be planted on lawns 

 for ornament, as they make a very beautiful appearance when 



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