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Spring, that retaining the fame bearing 

 branches five or fix inches diftance, exa* 

 mine if any cafually aiTume a decayed, or 

 bad unfruitful growth, or are too crowd- 

 ed, or have advanced beyond their limi- 

 ted bounds, and prune them down to 

 fome lower bearer, if convenient ; or oc- 

 cafionally retain regular youna moots of 

 laft Summer, advancing from below, at 

 full length, to fupply vacancies ; and 

 retain always the terminating or leading 

 moots to each horizontal entire, where 

 room enough ^ cutting out all the fuper- 

 fluous, lateral young wood not now 

 wanted, clofe to the main branches, leav- 

 ing no flump, but carefully prefcrving 

 all the proper natural fruit fpurs ; and cut 

 out clofe, old and dead fnags j [See Ap- 

 fie tree'] then directly nail or tye in the 

 general branches flrait and clofe to the 



wall, &x. at regular diftances. 



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