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 Thinning young wall fruit is occafi- 

 cnally necefiary in favourable iprings, 

 when the tree fets more fruit than it can 

 afford room for, or than it is able to 

 bring to perfection, which is common 

 to apricots, peaches, and nectarines. 

 This work mould begin when the fruit 

 is not larger than the end of the finger, 

 be purfued with great care and regula- 

 rity, felecYing the largeft, moft promif- 

 ing, and beft placed fruit, to (land for 

 the crop, and thin out the worft -, leav- 

 ing the proper fruic in proportion to the 

 ftrength of the moots ; that is, one or 

 two on the weaker (hoots, three on the 

 middling, and not more than four or 

 five on the (Ironger (hoots, but no where 

 too clofe together. 



FINIS. 



