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fuch as are produced fore-right, and which 

 are, from their appearance, not forming 

 for fruit fpurs : and, as they advance, let 

 them be regularly difpofed, and diverted 

 of any laterals they may produce. If all 

 has gone well, at the end of the firfl year 

 they will have produced flioots from twelve 

 to thirty inches long ; which fhould then 

 be fhortened down to about two-thirds of 

 their length. This is neceflary, in order 

 to make them fhoot ftrongly, and that the 

 trellis may be furnifhed from the bottom, 

 in a regular manner. 



The fecond feafon, they will fhoot vigo- 

 roufly, and will begin to form many fruit 

 fpurs on the preceding year's wood ; which 

 muft be encouraged, for the production of 

 a few fruit next feafon. Keep the tree 

 clear of all fuperfluous and lateral flioots j 

 and lay in the leading ones at the diftance 

 of eight or nine inches, which forthwith 

 muft be confidered as the medium: and, at 

 the end of the feafon, fliorten a few of the 

 ftrongeft branches alternately, fo as to- 

 make them break their buds in the fpring, 

 in a regular manner 3 as, henceforth, they 

 will not require to be fhortened. 



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