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terwards pull'd off; fo that the 

 fooner this is done, the better it 

 will be for the remaining Fruit : 

 And if it fliould fometimes happen, 

 that a Part of thofe left, by any 

 Accident fliould be deftroy*d, yet 

 the remaining ones will be much 

 the larger and better-tafted for it, 

 and the Trees will gain more 

 Strength ; for a moderate Quantity 

 of Fruit is always preferable to a 

 great Crop; the Fruit, when but 

 few, will be much larger, better- 

 tafted, and the Trees in a Condi- 

 tion to bear well the fucc(i;eding 

 Years: whereas when they are o- 

 ver-charg'd with Fruit, it is always 

 fmall, ill-tafted, and the Trees are 

 generally fo much v/eaken'd there- 

 bv, as not to be in a Condition for 

 bearing well for three or four 

 Years after. So that, upon the 

 Whole, it is much better to have a 

 leffer Number of Fruit, than is 

 commonly cftem'd a Crop, than to 

 have too many, fmce the Fruit, 

 and alio the Trees, are benefitted 

 thereby. 



The farther Management of 

 Teach-trees in Summer 1 have alrea- 

 dy mcntion'd, and (hall only add a 

 Word or two more upon that 

 Head in this P.ace ; 



ift, That t .e Shoots being regu- 

 krly train'd to the \Vr.ll as thty are 

 produc'd, the Fruit wil' always be 

 CQually expos'd to thr Sun and Air, 

 by which it will be kcp; m a ccn- 

 ftant and tqual State of Grow n^ j 

 whereas when they a^e cvci-flia- 

 dow'd by luxuriant Brancht s ior 

 fomeTime, and afterwards <..x;os'd 

 to the Sun, by cutting oti ihoie Bran- 

 ches, their Skms wih giow lough, 

 and the Fruit be gieatiy retarded m 

 its Growth. 



loiy, By rubbing oiT and difpla- 

 cin'j nre^ular Siioots as they are 

 prouuccu^ there wiii be no need lo 



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ufe a Knife to thefe Trees in Sum-^ 

 mer, which is what they are often 

 greatly injured by j for when there 

 are large Wounds made on thefe 

 Trees, efpecially in Summer, it 

 weakens them very much. Refides 

 (as I before faid) by doing this ear- 

 ly, the Sap of the Trees is not 

 employ'd to nourifh ufelefs Bran- 

 ches. 



^dly, I would adviie. Never to 

 fbjorten any of the Branches in 

 Summer, unlefs it be to procure 

 fome Side-fhoots to fill up a Va- 

 cancy of the Wall ; and this fhouid 

 never be done after May, becaufe 

 the Shoots produced after that 

 Time are never duly ripen'd, and 

 fo are no' better than autumnal 

 Branches. 



When thefe Rules are duly exe- 

 cuted, there will be no Occafion 

 TO pull off the Leaves of the Trees, 

 to admit the Sun to the Fruit, 

 which IS too often pradtis'd ,• for if 

 we coniider, that the Leaves arc 

 abfolutely neceflary to cherifh the 

 Blollbm-buds, which are always 

 form'd at the Foot-ftalks of the 

 Leaves; fo, pulling them off be- 

 fore they have pertorm'd the Of' 

 fice allign'd 'em hy Nature, is do- 

 ing great Injury to the Trees r 

 therefore I cauton every one a- 

 gainft that Pradlice. 



PERSICARIA; Arfmart. 

 The Characlers are j 



It is a iHant -with an apetalous 

 Viewer, having fever/" I Stamina (or 

 Chives^ rohich arife jrom the multi' 

 fid Calyx : The I ointal afterxc<ar(\s 

 become > an oval pcinteU,fmooth Seed, 

 luclos'il in the Capfule rchiil rsas ce- 

 fore the Flower- cup : To which may 

 be added. It hath jointed St at hs and 

 the Fiorcers are produccu in Spikes, 

 Th<. Species arc; 



I. Per -10 ART A ; mitis, maculofaj^ 

 C, B. P. Dead, or Spotted Armurt. 



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