:p The Englijh Gardner. 
chiefeft in this mifchief But befides this Winter Husbandry, 
there is Summers dreffing of Wall-Trees, found by good ex¬ 
perience to be as profitable for the increafe of Fruit as the 
former, befides the handfomnefs, as alfo for the better ripe¬ 
ning or beautifying of the prelent Fruit, by careful and dif- 
creet cutting off fuch Branches as are.too much extravagant, 
and hinder convenient Sun from your Fruit, or carefully to 
nail or tack them up where there is convenient room for them 
to lie 5 alio the cutting off the tops of feme of the goaleft 
or forwardeft Branches, doth oft occafion them to knit for 
Frui t the better, if done about Midfummer : You may pre¬ 
vent unneceflary Branches, by rubbing or cutting off fuch 
Buds as come forth where there is not convenient room for 
them to be laid, and may prove a very good piece of Hus¬ 
bandry for the curious, to bufie themfel ves about in the grow¬ 
ing time of the year, and will prevent much pruning, which 
is very good in divers Fruits: but remember, as I hinted be¬ 
fore, that this Summers dreffing mud be done with a great 
deal of care and circumfpeftion, left you ffiould fhake your 
Fruit down : where this Summers dreffing is ufed, there is 
no need of plucking the leaves to make Fruit ripen or co¬ 
lour ■> but if it do feem needful, let your Fruit have its full 
growth firft,left you fpoil it. Alfo in cafe your Trees be over¬ 
charged with Fruit, asfometimes they be, which occafioneth 
your Fruit to want that good relifh, befides the fize they ufe 
to have, in fuch a cafe it will be good Husbandry to pick off 
fome of the fmalleft or under-Fruit, that fo your Tree may 
bring the reft to better perfection; but this mnftnot be done 
until the danger of mifoarriage by May s frofty Mornings be 
paft, neither defer it too long. 
The next thing tobeconfidered is, that in cafe your Trees 
do not thrive,either through the barrennefs of the Soil, being 
too dry, wet, or cold, you are to endeavour to amend 
thofe defeffsas folio weth: If your ground be too dry, (which' 
caufeth Fruit to ftarve,and fcmetimeto fall off) gravelly or 
ftony, you are to open the ground fome reafonable compafs 
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