FRUIT-TREES. y^ 



will certainly leffen the quantity of juices, 

 which trees naturally require, becaufe 

 there will not then be left a' fufficient num- 

 ber of pores to receive them. 



If any of the ftrong roots be broken 

 in the carriage, and the fmall fibres dried 

 and ufelefs, in fuch cafe the latter ought 

 to be cut off clofe to the ftronger to which 

 they are joined, otherwife they will corrode, 

 and mix their corrupt matter with the na- 

 tural juices contained in the pores of the 

 earth, whereby they will be rendered un- 

 wholefome before they enter the pores of 

 the living roots adapted to receive them : 

 and if thofe roots that are ftronger be 

 broken or bruifed, they muft be taken off 

 with a fliarp knife, Hoping on the under- 

 fide ; if not, they will produce the fame 

 ill effe6l. Let all thofe that be whole, 

 and are in a horizontal pofition, or near 

 it, be cut to a great or unlimited length ; 

 yet the top or downright ones, fhould 

 be cut to about the length of a foot, by 

 which the number of roots will be increaf- 

 cd, and fometimes the new ones will ex- 

 tend themfelves more horizontally, and 

 be of greater fervice to the trees, than 



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