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of bearing, taking the same method as before 

 directed with the foreright shoots. 



Great care should be taken to rub off many 

 of them in the month of May, leaving only such 

 a number as you think will fill the tree. By so 

 doing your trees will continue in a fine healthy 

 state, and not be in the least weakened by bear- 

 ing a plentiful crop of fruit. The reason is 

 obvious : the great exhalation which would be 

 occasioned by the sun and air in the common 

 mode of pruning is prevented, by the Compo- 

 sition keeping-in the sap w^hich nourishes the 

 branches and fruit. 



I cut some trees, as directed above, more 

 than twelve years ago, that are now in as good 

 a state of bearing as they were in the third year 

 after the operation, and likely to continue so for 

 many years. 



In 1797> I pruned some very old trees in the 

 month of May, which were left, to show the old 

 method of pruning ; I, at the same time, cut 

 some branches of the same trees according to 

 the new method, to show the difference of the 

 fruit, which was taken by all who saw it for a 

 different sort of Cherry. The Cherries from the 

 old spurs were not half the size of the others, 

 and were at least three weeks later. 



I am sorry to say, that many who have seen 

 the improved state of the fruit trees in Ken- 

 sington Gardens still have their own managed ac- 

 cording to the old method of pruning. Several, 



