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Of cutting the Plants. 



As the quantity of suckers thrown out is 

 commonly superfluous, it will, in such case, 

 be beneficial to reduce their number, by 

 pulling away, with the hand, those of smaller 

 size, when about a foot high, leaving not 

 more than two or three young shoots to 

 each plant ; by which they will become more 

 strong, and produce larger quantities of 

 superior fruit. 



Cutting down the Plants. 



REDUCING or shortening the stems of 

 these plants will be best performed in the 

 spring, when it is probable some may re- 

 quire to be placed more upright, being 

 blown aside by boisterous winds, or other- 

 wise removed from that erect state in which 

 they have been planted ; and at which time 

 all may conveniently be cut to any certain 

 length, which will be most readily per- 

 formed by holding upright the plant with 

 either hand, and, at the same time, treading 



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