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Other, and all downright Roots 

 (eipecially in Fruit-Trees) muft be 

 cut oft; fo that when the Roots 

 are regularly prun'd, they may in 

 ibme meafure relemble the Fingers 

 of a Band, when fpread open ; 

 then you fliould fliorten the larger 

 RoolS, in proportion to the Age and 

 Strength of the Tree 5 as alio the 

 particular Sorts of Trees, are to be 

 confider'd, for the U'^lhiut, Mul- 

 berry, and fome other tender-root- 

 ed Kinds, fliould not be pruned fb 

 clofe, as the more hardy Sorts of 

 Fruit or Foreft Trees, which in 

 young Fruit Trees, fuch as Fears, 

 apples, Vlumbs, Reaches, &c. that 

 are one Year old, from budding or 

 grafting, may be left about eight 

 or nine Inches long; but in older 

 Trees, they rnuft be left of a much 

 greater Length; but this is to be 

 underftood of the larger Roots on- 

 ly, for the fmall ones muft be chief- 

 ly cut quite our, or pruned very 

 ihort, their extream Parts, which 

 are generally very weak, do com- 

 monly decay after moving, ib that 

 it is the better Way intirely to dis- 

 place them. 



The next thing is the Pruning 

 of their Heads, which mail be 

 difFerently perform'd in different 

 Trees, and the Delign of the Trees, 

 muft alio be confider'd ; for if they 

 are intended for Walls or Eipaliers, 

 it is the better way to plant them 

 with the greaicft Part of their 

 Heads, which ftiould remain on un- 

 til the Spring, that the Trees be- 

 gin to ft"!Oot, when they muft be 

 cut down to five or fix Eyes (as is 

 fully fct down in the leveral Arti- 

 cles of the various Kinds of Fiuir) 

 being very careful in doing of this, 

 KOt to difturb the new Roots. 



But if tJie Trees arc ciefign'd for 

 Standards, you fnould prune oft' all 

 the fmali brr.nches clofe to the 



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Places where they are producec!, 

 as alio irregular Branches which 

 crofs each other, and by their Mo- 

 tion when agitated by the Wind, 

 do rub and bruife each other, ib 

 ss to occaiion many times great 

 Wounds in thoie Places ; befides, it 

 makes a difagreeable Appearance to 

 the Sight, and adds to the Clofe- 

 nefs of its Head, which fliould al- 

 ways be avoided in Fruit Trees ; 

 whofe Branches ftiould be preferved 

 as far diftant from each other, a« 

 they are ufually produced when in 

 a reguk'r way of Growth (v/hich 

 is in all Sorts of Trees propor- 

 tionable to the Size of their Leaves, 

 and Magnitude of their Fruit (for 

 when then Heads are very thick 

 (which is often occaiioned by the 

 unskilful fhortening of their Bran- 

 ches) the Sun and Air cannot free- 

 ly pai~s between their Leaves, {6 

 that the Fruit muft be fmall and 

 \\\ tafted. But to returns After 

 having difplaccd thefe Branches, 

 you fliould alfo cut off all liich 

 Parts of Branches, as have by any * 

 Accident been broken or wound- 

 ed ; for thefe will remain a difa- 

 greeable Sight, and' often occafion 

 a Diieale in the Tree. But you 

 Ihould, by no mean.s, cut oft rhe 

 main, leading Shoots, as is, by too 

 many, praftis'd, for thofe are ne- 

 ceft*ai y to attraft the Sap from the 

 Root, and thereby promote the 

 Growth of the. Tree: For, from 

 leveral Experiments which I made 

 the Winter 1729, by cutting off 

 the Branches of leveral Sorts of 

 Trees, and putting them into Phi- 

 als fiird with Water, whofe Tops 

 were clofeiy covered, to prevent 

 the evaporating of the Water, 

 I found, that thole Shoots whole 

 leading Buds were preferved, did 

 attradt the Moifture m much grea- 

 ter Quantity, than thofc Shoots 



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