CHAP. XI.
Of the manner of Pruning Trees, in the first year of their being Planted.
A Fruit-Tree of what kind soever, Pear-Tree, Apple-Tree, Plumb-Tree, Peach-Tree, &c. which seem'd to promise all the good and necessary Qualifications requir'd in order to be Planted, and has actually been Planted with all the Skill and Consideration which we have heretofore explain'd in the Chapter of Plantations: This Fruit-Tree, I say, from the Month of March, until the Months of September and October following, will of necessity perform one of these four Things; either it will not Shoot at all, or little, or it will Shoot Page 18 reasonably; that is, at least One Fine Branch, or else it will Shoot much, that is, Two or Three Fine Branches, and perhaps more, as it appears by the Figures. We must exactly Explain what is to be done, in these Four Particulars.
