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regularly drefled at all times ; but more 

 particularly in the latter part of the fea- 

 fon ; that every advantage may be taken 

 in ripening, not only the fruit, but the 

 fhoots and fpurs for the production of a 

 crop the following feafon. 



We too frequently fee thefe trees to- 

 tally neglected in the latter part of the 

 feafon , particularly apricots, cherries, 

 plums, &c. } which, when the crop is ga- 

 thered, are generally no more thought of, 

 or attended to : but this is very errone- 

 ous, as moft of thefe trees grow a deal af- 

 terwards ; and if the extremities of the 

 flioots are not kept dreft to the wall at 

 this time, they will neither be ripened 

 for the production of a crop, nor for en- 

 during the winter frofts. 



Great care fhould be taken that no part 

 of the branches be bound with the fhred 

 or tie, and that the heads of the nails do 

 not bear againft them ; which, if they do, 

 are fure to induce canker. My rule is, to 

 drive the nail rather in an oblique direc- 

 tion, inclining its head from the branchy 

 and to allow as much room in the fhred 

 or tie as will at leaft admit another (boot 



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