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it promotes their growth, yet retards their 

 coming to maturity. And for the fame 

 rcafon, the uncovering the roots of trees 

 for fomc time, will make the fruit be confi- 

 dcrally the forwarder. 



And on the other hand, where trees a. 

 bound with too great a plenty of frem drawn 

 fap, as is the cafe of trees whofe roots are 

 planted too deep in cold moid earth, as 

 alfo of too luxuriant Peach and other 

 Wall trees ; or which comes almoft to the 

 fame, where the fap cannot be perfpired off 

 in a due proportion 5 as in Orchards, where 

 trees (land too near each other, fo as to hin- 

 der perfpiration, whereby the fap is kept in 

 too thin and crude a date j in all thefe cafes 

 little or no fruit is produced. 



Hence alfo in moderately dry fummeis, 

 ceteris paribus-, there is ufually greateft plenty 

 of fruit j becaufe the fap in the bearing 

 twigs and buds is more digeded, and brought 

 to a better confidence, for mooting out with 

 Vigour and firmnefs, than it is in cool moift 

 fummers : And this obfervation has been 

 verified in the years 1723, 1724, and 1725. 







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