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The firft pr mng confifts, as we be- 

 fore hinted, in having the firft {hoots, 

 or head, produced immediately fn,m the 

 budding, headed down when a year old, 

 in March, to a few eves, if not done 

 in the nurfery, as directed in their 

 nurfery culture, to procure feveral 

 lateral branches, proceeding immediate- 

 ly nea* the head of the item, trained at 

 full length all Summer, and in Winter 

 or Spring following, (horten alfo all theie 

 fecond Ihoots, gene rally from about eight 

 to ten or twelve inches, leaving the lower 

 ones thelongeftjand pinch youngom-sof 

 the year, in Summer, in order to gain an- 

 nually a farther requifrte fupply of lower 

 branches, togivethe head a good fpread- 

 ing form, advancing regularly quite 

 from the bottom upward, with the 

 branches arranged horizontally, equally 



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