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produce fruit, both in thefe and any other 

 trees 5 becauie at the place of inoculation, 

 it gives a curved (hape to the capillary 

 vefiels, by which the fpeedy motion of the 

 fap is retarded : for when the vefTels are 

 more ftraight, the fap, by its afcending 

 motion, is hurried faft to the extreme parts 

 of the principal branches, and there fpends 

 itfelf in flioots and leaves ; but when its 

 motion is flower, as it is when the veflels 

 are more circular, by grafting or inocula- 

 tion) then the collateral buds receive a 

 greater quantity of fap, and are prepared 

 for blolloms, or with fuch fhoots as natu- 

 rally produce them, being lefs vigorous 

 than the principal or upright fhoots are. 

 They that have leifure to make experiments, 

 in order to raife new kinds of fruits, may, 

 by taking a bud from a branch of any of 

 their feedlings, and inoculating it upon its 

 own flem, (or any other) as foonas 'tis ca- 

 pable of receiving one; and, with due man- 

 agement, they will fee the fruit of their la- 

 bour much fooner than any other way, 



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