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cut fhorr, it promotes a ftill more luxu> 

 riant growth, without fruitfulnefs. 



Obferve, likewife, in fhortening the 

 bearing fhoots, not to cut below all the 

 blofTom buds, but generally cut to a 

 wood bud, or twin bloflbm, as explained 

 in the Apricot, 



As foon as a tree is thus Winter pruned, 

 let it be directly nailed regularly to the 

 wall, ranging the branches and flioot$ 

 equally to both fides, (trait and clofe, 

 four or five inches afunder. 



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