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cafual worn-out barren branches, and 

 all decayed wood, cutting clofe, either 

 to their origin, or down to fome 

 commodious lower (hoot or branch, 

 as it fhall feem convenient, and to cut 

 out alfo all fuckers or (hoots from the fide 

 of the ftem, or that rife m the middle 

 of the head. See Pruning Standards. 



But as to the efpalier Apple trees, they 

 being limited to a certain fpace, both in 

 height and extent fideways, having their 

 branches trained at regular diftances, and 

 as they will annually produce many 

 more fhoors than are wanted, or can 

 be trained, confident with the general 

 regularity, they confequently require a 

 general pruning and training every 

 yean, to retrench the redundant and 



irregular 



