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fhortened, but permitted to extend in length 

 as far as they have room ; and they will thus 

 advance in moderate growth, and gradually 

 form curfons, or fruitful fpurs, along the 

 fides and at the extremity ; and the fame 

 branches and fpurs continue many years fruit- 

 ful ; and when any fpurs decay, or become 

 old and worn out, ihey beine cut away, new 

 ones are often acquired in thc!r places to fuc- 

 ceed them, Co that thefe $rees, in common 

 pruning, in efpaliers, &c. only require re- 

 newals of young wood occafionally. 



Pruning of apples is required in Handr.rd 

 trees only occiifionally in particular irregula- 

 jities ; and in efpaliers, a general pruning is 

 jiecefTary every year, to cut out the fuper- 

 abiindant and ill placed Oioots of each year, 

 unferviccahle old wood, and to train in fup- 

 plies of young where wanted — as dircded 

 below. 



The cfpalier apples require pruning every 

 Summer and Winter, 



The Summer-pruning is neceflary to regu- 

 late the fliocts of the year, produced nume- 

 rouily more than is neceilary ; for as the trees 

 continue bearing many years in the fime 

 branches, they only require occafional fup- 

 plies of young wood, therefore, beginning the 

 Summer pruning in May or June, cur away 

 all fore-right and other ill-placed fhoots, and 

 thin out the fuperfiaous or over abundancy of 

 the others, retaining only fome well-placed 

 f;de-lhoots in Lhe ir.oH vacant parts, with a 



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