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whereas unpeeled trees seldom send out 

 young shoots from the trunk and large 

 branches ; and when they do, these seldom 

 come to any perfection, but generally die 

 the first winter ; because, from the stricture 

 of the Itark, they c[p n t receive the proper 

 nourishment, and are festered at the root, 

 or offset, by the vermin and rotten bark of 

 the trunk or branch from which they grow. 



These shoots may be very useful for 

 grafting and budding, as the trees produce 

 them in such abundance, and very strong, 

 and as young shoots are often very difficult 

 to be found on old trees. 



branches 1 foot 3 inches long. Most of the trees have 

 pearly the same appearance, and making wood at the 

 extremities of the bearing branches. 



