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the fuperabundancy % and (horten the 

 remaining regular (hoots, to from about 

 *ight, ten, or twelve inches to half 

 a yard or two feet long or more* 

 leaving the ftrong (hoots longed in 

 proportion : and then nail the whole 

 clofe and regular to the wall at the 

 above mentioned diftance. See their 

 General Pruning. " 



Thus, it mud: be obferved, that as 

 we advifed the fuccefiion young wood 

 to be trained at full length all Sum- 

 mer till Winter pruning, and then 

 fhortened : the fnortening the (hoots 

 in the Winter pruning, ofthefeand 

 mod other trees which bear principally 

 on the young wood, is necefiary, in 

 order to promote lateral (hoots in Sum- 



