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cafional pruning to regulate any cafual difor- 

 derly growths in the head, or ro reduce 

 rambling branches extending coniiderabiy 

 beyond all the lelt, and to prune up low 

 ibagglers ; and, except in ihefe ini^ances, 

 permit them to advance freely above, accord- 

 ing to their natural order, branching out re- 

 gularly all round in large fpreading heads. 



Walnuts, in the early forts, ripen in tole- 

 rable perfedion to begin gathering towards 

 the middle of September, the other in the 

 latter end of that month and begmning of 

 Odtober, and may be gathered for prefenc ufe 

 as wanted ; and when fully ripe, gather the 

 whole, and houfed for keeping. 



When they are required green for pickling, 

 they are generally of proper growth the mid- 

 dle or latter end of July and beginning of 

 Auguil, while the internal part remains tender 

 and flelliy, before they begin to Hone or fhell 

 of a hard fubdance, eafily known by thrufting 

 a pin or needle in ; and, for this occafion, they 

 are gathered whole, the outer green cover and 

 inner part together, generally gathering them 

 by hand, and fuch as are as clear from fpots 

 as pofiible. 



The ripe walnuts difcover full growth when 

 the outer hufk begins to fplit, leady to dif- 

 charge the nuts, or when the faid hufks will 

 readily detach from the fbell. They, on mo- 

 derate trees, may be gathered by hand ; but 

 in thofe of large extended branches, as the 

 frqit grows generally near the extremities, the 



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