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ral fupply of wood is wanted antftjafiyv 

 after the trees are fully trained, as m 

 Almonds, Peaches, and Nectarines,, 

 &c. whicl* bear only on young (hoots 

 of a year old, but only now and then 

 a fhoot retained here and there, as 

 hereafter explained. 



Remark, likewife, in the general pru- 

 ning of thefe trees, never to fhorten the 

 branches, becaufe, as they bear nril 1 

 towards the extreme parts, and encreafe 

 the number of fruit fpurs as they advance 

 In length, that, if fhoncned, would 

 cut away the very firft bearing parts, 

 and every fhortening would retard their 

 bearing two years, befides promoting 

 a great iuxuriancy, and in the places 

 where fruit fpurs would have likewife 



appeared, 



