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two wavers would not attract all the sap, 

 he very properl}' leaves more ; the quan- 

 tity being in proportion to the supposed 

 strength; but here the matter of propriety 

 ends; as, be they more or less, the whole 

 are left to grow together, till tlie next 

 fall. 



The management of the AVavers are 

 next to be considered. ^The improve- 

 ment being supposed to commence at 

 a fall, the number of the Wavers to be 

 left upon the stools, may be somewhat 

 less than usual ; because the means to be 

 adopted, in conjunction with the preserv- 

 ed shelter, must occasion such to attract 

 considerably more sap than common ma- 

 nagement. — They may then be pruned 

 as directed for plantations. — These must 

 afterwards be reduced to one, on each 

 stool, in the same manner as in the last 

 case. 



The Resen^es, or trees one fall older 



