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the ufelefs buds taken off, till their nurri-^ 

 ber on each fide be equal ; by this manage- 

 ment it may be reafonably expected, that 

 there will be an equal number of new 

 branches on each fide ; now, if no more 

 flioots be produced, by leaving the branches 

 long, on one fide than there are on the 

 other which was cut fhort, how can one 

 method weaken a tree more than the other ? 

 The confequence, indeed, of leaving the 

 branches long will be this, they will have 

 produced fhoots at more proper diftances^ 

 and cover the wail fooner with fuch as will 

 earlier bear, than thofe on the other fide 

 which were cut fliort ; befides, there will 

 be no occafion to thin them fo much in 

 fummer on that fide where the branches 

 were left the full length in winter, and the 

 ufelefs buds difplaced. 



I have feen nedlarines and peaches, that 

 have been planted againft walls ten or 

 twelve years, which have been annually 

 cut in the winter, in order to make therrf 

 ftrong, and thinned in fummer, according 

 to the ufual cuftom, that the fruit may be 

 larger, and not too much fhaded. Excel- 

 lent reafons and managements ! whereby 



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