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fame diflanccs; and for all of which, dig a wide, round 
hole for each tree, a foot, or more, deep, and fufficiently 
capacious to receive the roots freely in their full fpread. 
The trees then ready, let the roots be pruned as re¬ 
quired, by cutting or Ihortening any long ftraggling 
parts; prune the end of all the others, and cut out 
any that are broken or bruifed; and as to the head, if 
one-year-old trees; continue them intire for the pre- 
fent; or if trained trees, cut off only any fore-right and 
other ill-placed ilioots; and thus prepared, proceed to 
planting: place the trees one in each hole, with the 
llem about three, to four or five inches from the wall, 
inclining the head thereto, making the roots fpread 
equally in the hole; break and trim in the earth regu¬ 
larly over the roots; ihake the tree, gently by the feem 
up and down, that the earth may fall in dole about all 
the roots and fibres, filling up the holes, and tread 
down the earth moderately, firft towards the outfide, 
continuing to the middle, round the ilem of the tree; 
and then, if dry ground, in early autumn planting, or 
late in the fpring, give each tree a tolerable watering 
to the earth, about the roots; after this, juft nail the 
head or principal branches to the wall, to fecure them 
being dilturbed by the winds, till pruned; likewife, 
mulch the ground over the roots, both to keep out 
froft in winter, and the drought in fpring and fummer, 
till the trees have taken good root; and in very dry 
weather, in fpring, and beginning of fummer, give 
occafional waterings to the earth, and fometimes over 
the heads, after they begin to Ihoot. 
Having thus planted the young trees of the Peaches 
and Ne&arines, the next care is the article of pruning 
and training; obferving firft, that if the new-planted 
trees are only one year old, and with the fir ft head from the 
budding intire, this mull be cut down in the beginning 
or middle of March, to four, five, or fix eyes, as 
formerly advifed, to obtain lateral fhoots below; or 
if the trees are fuch as have been previoully trained, 
and the head already furnilhed with fome tolerable 
expanfion of branches and Ihoots, thefe being conti¬ 
nued, Ihould be pruned according to the general me¬ 
thod, either foon after planting, or in the fpring, 
about February or March, agreeable to former inti¬ 
mations, and as fully explained hereafter, under the 
pruning directions, cutting out the fore-right, and 
other ill-placed, and very weak, trifling fhoots, and 
fuch as are fuperfluous, or too abundant, in any part; 
as alfo, any as cafually appear Angularly more luxu¬ 
riant than the generality, efpecially if one, or more, 
advances irregularly on one fide of the tree; retaining 
the well-placed moderately-ftrong Ihoots; and prune 
them from fix or eight, to ten, twelve, or fifteen 
inches, according to their ftrength, and then nailed 
to the wall horizontally, four to five, or fix inches 
diftance; and refpetting the younger trees of one year, 
advifed above to be headed down in the fpring; 
if they, in confluence of lh$t operation, produced 
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fevpral lower fhoots in fummer, thefe fhould be 
trained in at full length, rubbing off, or difplacing, 
any of fore-right growth; or if only two or three 
fhoots are produced, thefe, the fame feafon, in May, 
or the beginning of June, maybe pinched or pruned 
. at. top, or cut to five or fix eyes, whereby they 
will furnifh an increafcd fupply of more fhoots in fum- 
mer, to furnifh the wall fooner with a proper fpread of 
branches; continuing all the proper fhoots, both of 
the young and trained trees, nailed in regularly to the 
wall all fummer, till winter-pruning; and the whole 
afterwards, in the fummer and winter regulation, ma¬ 
naged according to the following directions in the ge¬ 
neral pruning. 
With regard to general culture of Peaches and Nec¬ 
tarine trees, after their firft training, agreeable to the 
foregoingobfervations, they, in their advanced growth, 
and full trained ftate, will require pruning and 
nailing every fummer and winter, to preferve re¬ 
gularity and fruitfulnefs; a fummer-pruning, &c. 
to regulate the fhoots of the year; and a winter- 
pruning, to give a general regulation, both in the 
young and old branches; and in all of which it mull 
be obferved, that as thefe trees bear principally upon 
the young wood, or fhoots of the preceding fum- 
mer’s production, a general fupply of thefe muft be 
every where retained annually, for fucceflional bearers 
and part of the former bearers and old wood cut out 
in proportion, in winter, to make room for the young 
fupply; which being trained at their full length all 
fummer, they, in the winter-pruning, fhould be fhort- 
ened more or lefs, to promote their producing a more 
plentiful fucceflion of ihoots, eligibly fituated to feleCt 
for next year’s bearing wood; as the fame fhoots both 
produce fruit, and a fupply of fucceflion bearers at the 
fame time. 
The fummer-pruning of Peaches and NeClarines 
fhould be commenced in May or June, when the fhoots 
of the year are advanced from three or four, to fix 
or eight inches, to a foot long; though it is advife- 
able to proceed in this operation in the early growth, 
or when the fhoot-buds are advanced only two or three 
inches, in which, juft to rub off the fore-right and 
other evidently ill-placed and unnecefiary productions, 
which, before they become long and woody, may be 
expeditioufly detached with the finger and thumb; but 
which, in a more advanced woody ftate, mull be effect¬ 
ed with the pruning-knife; fo difplacing all fore-right 
fhoots iffuing immediately from the front part of the 
branches, and all others, which by their fituation can¬ 
not be trained with proper regularity to the wall; and 
is of much importancetocommei.ee this operation be¬ 
fore the fhoots are confiderably advanced, or grown 
into confufion, as the bufinefs can be confiderably, 
more expeditioufly and accurately performed, as well 
as prove of more particular advantage to the growth 
and regularity of the trees, and beneficial to the ad¬ 
vancing 
