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ufclefs, they not fumving the Win- 

 ter to bear again : feledting, at the 

 fame time, a fupply of the ftrongefi 

 young ftems on each root, to fur- 

 nifli next year's fruit, and thin out the 

 fuperabundancy : proceed therefore to 

 cut or break down all the old items clofe 

 to the ground ; and feletSr. from three 

 or four, to live or fix of the (Irongefr, 

 bed-placed, young moots on each flock \ 

 cut out alfoall the others clofe to the bot- 

 tom, together with all flragglers between 

 the main plants, and let each of the reser- 

 ved (hoots have its weak or bending top 

 pruned, to render them more robuft and 

 flrong, to fupport their upright pofition 

 in Summer, as well as to encourage a 

 ftronger production of lateral twigs as 

 the immediate bearers, as before ex- 

 plained. 



Though 



