iti THE GARDENER'S 
of the trees regularly fu mi filed with bearing wood; 
vhe whole of the retained (hoots continued at their full 
length, at this feafon ; and as generally a fuper-abun- 
dancy of Ihoots are produced, or more than is wanted, 
or can be trained in with proper regularity, mull prune 
out the fuperfluous, cutting away the world (hoots in a 
thinning order, retaining great plenty of the well- 
placed, moderately-ftrong ones; cut out all fmall, 
■weak twigs, both on the old wood, and fuch as arife 
on the feleCt referved (hoots of the year; and, of the 
proper (hoots, if two advance from the fame eye, or 
near together, leave but one, the molt promiling, and 
cut the other off clofe; likewife prune off clofe all 
fuch as cafualiy affume a bad growth, as bunched, 
crooked, &c. and fuch as are Angularly luxuriant; 
and in this manner, cutting out tne evidently fuper- 
fluous, and improper, retain a requifite abundance 
of the belt Ihoots, for training in, to chufe from 
in winter-pruning, both for next year’s bearers, and a 
further encreafe of principal branches, where requir¬ 
ed, generally retaining doubly more, at lealt, than 
what may apparently be wanted, that you may have 
plenty from which to make a proper choice in the 
winter-regulation, before obferved. 
As you proceed in this regulation, let all the re¬ 
tained proper Ihoots be continued at their whole 
length, and let thofe of each tree, as you advance in 
the pruning out the improper young wood, be nailed 
or fattened in clofe and regular to the wall; net Ihort- 
ened during the fummer, except, occafionally, where 
any extend conliderably beyond their limited bounds, 
at iides or above, which may be difcretionally (horten- 
ed, as it may feem expedient; but except on thefe 
confederations, preferve the whole entire, as Ihorten- 
ing would force out many lateral twigs the fame feafon, 
hurtful to the principal (hoots, and croud the trees 
with a thicket of ufelefs wood. 
In the above fummer-regulation of thefe trees, 
if any have produced very rampant, or remark¬ 
ably luxuriant (hoots, of confiderably more rank and 
vigorous ftrength than mod of the other (hoots of 
the fame tree, they lhould be moflly either cut out 
clofe to their origin, as not being adapted for bearing 
wood, and would draw the proper r.ouriihment away 
from the other adjacent or neighbouring (hoots of mo¬ 
derate growth, proper for the production of fruit the 
year enfuing ; or where any luxuriant Ihoots advance 
in or near feme vacancy, or where future (applies of 
wood wili be apparently wanted,, one or more might 
be occafionally retained, and pruned down early in 
fummer, to a few eyes, to promote feveral collaterals 
the fame feafon, which, by dividing the exhuberan- 
cy of fap, may feparately prove of more moderate 
growth, proper to fupply the vacant fpace. 
VEGETABLE SYSTEM 
But where any trees affume a general luxuriancy of 
(trong rank wood, of an unfruitful (late, it is proper, 
in this cafe, to cut out feme of the mod rankly-vigo- 
rous, and retain as many of the bed-placed, lefs lux¬ 
uriant (boots thereof, as can be commodioufly trained 
in with feme degree of regularity, in order to divide 
and carry off the redundancy of nourifiiment amongd 
a confiderable expanfion, which, in a fmaller quanti¬ 
ty, would break out in greater luxuriancy, in propor¬ 
tion ; but being expended in a more confiderable 
number of branches, will be more effectually mode¬ 
rated by degrees, and the trees will gradually be re¬ 
duced to a moderate growth,, and commence a proper 
bearing date; and thus, in luxuriant trees, obferving 
the above method in the fummer-regulation, train in 
all the referved (hoots, clofe and regular, at their 
whole length, and laid as much horizontally as polfi- 
ble, the more effectually to check the luxuriance. 
Or, in fummer-pruning, if any of thefe wall-trees 
are of an infirm date, (hooting weakly, and do not 
produce fruit in good perfection, prune out the ill- 
placed (hoots, and all very fmall, weakly twigs; and 
leleCt, for training, principally only tire dronged, 
we!’ placed (hoots,, of bed growth, and train them 
regularly to the wall; and by thus continuing only 
the molt promifing dronged (boots, the trees will gra¬ 
dually encreafe in drength, and improve in bearing 
accordingly. 
Obferve, in the fummer-pruning any young Apri¬ 
cot Trees, of one, two, or three years growch, yet 
under training, be careful to difpiace the fore-right, 
.and other ill-placed (boots, and fuch as appear confi- 
derably over-abundant, together with any of very 
luxuriant growth, and leave as many of the regular, 
well-placed (hoots as pofiible, that are properly litu- 
ated for training to the wall, to furnith an additi¬ 
onal expanfion of branches, arranged horizontally in a 
regular manner, at their full length; or in any con¬ 
fiderable vacant parts, one or more fnoots, in or near 
the vacancy, may be pinched or pruned down, the 
beginning or middle of June, to a few eyes, in order 
to nave them produce collaterals the fame year, to fill 
the vacant fpace more effectually, as foon as pofiible. 
And in the fummer-pruning of the wall Apricots 
in general, if any vacancies occur, be careful always 
to retain a proper fupply of young wood, in or as 
near the vacant parts as pofiible; and likewife, if any 
vacant fpaces appear to require a larger fupply of 
wood than is at prefent produced, feme convenient 
(boots of the year, contiguoufiv fituated, may be 
pruned down early in June, to four, five, or fix eyes 
or buds, in order to force out and obtain an additional 
fupply of lateral young wood the fame year, in June 
and 
