388 THE VINEYARD. [May. 
the timely displacing of irregular and unnecessary shoots, and by 
the shortening of luxuriant ones. 
The new planted trees will require to be frequently watered, 
giving it occasionally to the branches as well as the roots, and 
always about the hour of sun setting, or a short time before or after. 
Such of your peaches, nectarines and apricots, but more espe- 
cially the young trees that are over-burdened with fruit, must be 
deprived of any superabundance by a judicious thinning, and only 
as many left on as they have sufficient strength to support without 
injury to themselves. 
Take particular care to destroy caterpillars, &c. while yet in 
small clusters, before they overrun the trees, and where worms or 
canker appear in either stems or branches, let such parts be treated 
as directed in page 141. 
THE VINEYARD. 
The vines will now begin to shoot vigorously, and produce be- 
sides bearing and other useful shoots, numbers that are totally 
unnecessary, which ought to be carefully cleared away, for if left 
on, they would rob the fruit, and also crowd and impoverish those 
shoots intended for next year's bearing. But in doing this, you 
must be very particular not to break off, in going between the vines, 
such fruiting or other shoots as are necessary, for at this time they 
are very easily injured; nor to annoy in the least the blossom buds, 
which will early in the month be very prominent. Where suckers 
from the roots, or shoots from the under parts of the stems appear, 
let them be immediately stripped off. The principal part of this 
work, if attended to in due time, may be done with the finger and 
thumb, but where that will not answer, you may now use the knife 
with great safety, for although these plants bleed copiously in spring 
when destitute of leaves, yet afterwards the exhalation by the fo- 
liage becomes so great, that the absorbent roots do not supply a fluid 
so fast as it could be expended in the growth of the plant or dissi- 
pated into the air; hence the cause of the drooping of various kinds 
of plants in hot weather. 
All the shoots that have fruit on, and others that are strong, well 
placed, and suitable for next year's bearing, should, when grown to 
a sufficient length, be carefully and neatly tied up to the stakes, 
previously observing, as before directed, to clear away all unneces- 
sary young growths arising in places not wanted, and to leave a 
sufficiency of the best for a proper choice in the general winter 
pruning. 
It will not be proper at this time to cultivate the ground between 
the vines, as many accidents might happen thereby to the blossoms 
and young shootsj but towards the end of the months or when all 
