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operation upon a great number of stools 

 in one day ; it would seldom require two^ 

 to thin an acre. 



These stools will require no further at- 

 tention, till the end of two years; when 

 they should be gone over, in order to dis- 

 place any additional young shoots that 

 may have appeared, and to take off a few 

 of the largest brandies from the others, 

 with such as appeared to rival the leaders. 



Two or three years after this, they may 

 be thinned, by displacing the worst from 

 each stool, Avhich has more than two ; 

 and, likewise, one of the two, where the 

 stools are small, or not vigorous. 



At this time, they may be pruned in 

 the manner which has been directed for 

 plantations : indeed, afterwards, their 

 management may be the same, with this 

 ?iddition; the stools are each to be reduced 



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