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rections for regulating the wood both in 

 summer and winter be attended to, yet it 

 will frequently be observed that in some/ 

 parts of the tree luxuriant shoots will be\ 

 produced, if wood be wanted they may be \ 

 retained where requisite, but if not, they 

 must be taken away as soon as possible*. 



It is occasionally found expedient to cut ) 

 away a large branch or more from a tree, / 

 this is found necessary when room on the > 

 wall is required, or to make space for a sup- ( 

 ply of young wood. When this practice is 

 performed great attention is required lest v 

 more harm should be done than good. Peach, 

 Nectarine, and Apricot trees, are more sus- 

 ceptible of injury from this operation than 

 any of the other kinds of fruit trees; and a 

 large limb ought not to be cut away unless 

 a similar proportion be taken from the root, 

 or the tree be transplanted. ( See treatment 

 of Peach trees.) In any of the other sorts of \ 

 fruit trees such as Apples, Pears, Plums, &c. 

 a branch or more may be safely removed./ 

 If there be a good lateral shoot to cut down 

 to, always take care to do so; this is_moie/ 

 necessary in stone fruit trees than in the other 

 kinds which will generally produce a new) 

 shoot although nothing but a stump is left. ) 

 If in the stone fruit trees there be not a la- 

 teral shoot to cut to, it is far better to cut / 



* See Chapter on Peach and Nectarine trees. 



