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different times there will be many full 

 grown, when there are fome not come to 

 half their frze, therefore it will be neceffary 

 to give thefe wr.ter, but the fprinkling 

 ihould be given over. 



THE crowns which were fhifted in May 

 will require to be fhifted again the begin- 

 ning of July ; but as it will be impoffible 

 to get them ftrong enough to bring large 

 fruit this feafon, it will be better to keep 

 them over the year, and if well managed 

 they will be ftrong, fine plants. 



IF they were to be managed in their 

 fhiftings as is directed for the fuckers, mofl 

 of them would fruit, but they would be 

 much fmaller than the fruit of the fuck* 

 ers ; for if the fruiting-plants had no mif- 

 fortune, the fuckers taken from them in 

 the autumn will be larger when taken off 

 than the crowns are now. The ilems of 

 of the fuckers are alfo prepared for rooting 

 before they are taken off the mother-plant, 

 and grow much fafter than the crowns. 



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