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then cut into (hort pieces, about three inches, fome four, 
and fome longer,as the bignefs of the branches may require, 
fo as not to gird your branches too much,neither to let them 
have too much liberty, the mean is bed 5 if you drive your 
nails into one end of your leathers, before you begin to tack 
up your Tree, I take it to be a ready way 5 then you are to 
fpread every branch in an orderly manner, one by one,that 
yourTree whenit is nail’d upmay refemblethe formofa fan, 
not laying your branches acrols upon one another if you love 
good order in your work: You may begin either at the top 
or bottom, and in cale your wall be low, you mud fpread 
your branches the more in breadth,they will run too fad up¬ 
ward, leaving no wall room unfurniflied, if you have bran¬ 
ches although pretty near the ground, cutting off none but 
fitch as (hoot fore-rightand will not come clofeand handfom 
to the wall,except yourTree be poor and not thriving, which 
if it be,it will be your bed way to take off fome of the bran¬ 
ches or arms in convenient places, from whence you would 
have your Tree to multiplyits branches. 
The foafon for this nailing and dreffing, is any time from 
the fall of the leaf,until the riling of the lap, but for Apricocks^ 
whofe bloffom buds grow very goale towards Chrifimas, it is 
bed not to defer the dreffing of them pretty timely, otherwife 
many of their buds will be apt to be rubb’d off $ yet this I will 
tell you^fyourApricpcks are apt to blow too early,and there¬ 
upon apt to milcarry, then your lured way is to deferr the 
cutting and nailing of them up until they are ready to bloffom,. 
but then you mud be more than ordinary careful led you fpoil 
too many bloffoms 5 by this late husbandry 1 have had plen¬ 
ty of Fruit, but remember upon what account I approve of 
this backward or late dreffing, it is no general rule, one in¬ 
convenience is incident to Apricock Trees that are riottime- 
ly nailed,chiefly in cafe of much lhow, or extreme Frod,for 
then fome forts of Birdsare aptto pick off the blolfom buds, 
and make more wad having the branches more at liberty, as I ; 
have often feen 3 the Bird call’d Tom-tit is one of the 
chiefeffi 
