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I now return to the ftem that was nailed 

 up with all its buds on, the laft winter, 

 from B to D. When the buds are about 

 an inch long, 'tis time to rub off all thofe 

 that are not defigned for horizontals ; 

 and the fame work muft be repeated fo 

 often in the fummer as there is occafion. 

 There muft be a fpace of twelve inches be* 

 tween the buds that are left, on one fide of 

 the ftem, and they fliould be left on both 

 fides at that diftance ; and as they flioot 

 forth, nail up the branches as before, to 

 prevent their being broken by winds, but 

 let nothing be cut off till the next winter, 

 at which time the pruner muft- fo difpofe 

 of the flioots that have been made the fore- 

 going fummer, as to form a tree in fliape 

 like the lower parts of Fig. 6. and if the 

 young tree is healthy, it may pofllbly cover 

 the wall in fix years, and the owner have 

 tafted the fruit produced from fome of the 

 lowermoft branches in a fiiorter time. 



I hope the foregoing reafons and direc- 

 tions which I have given concerning prun- 

 ing, will be fatisfaftory to every intelli- 

 gent reader, and will enable him to bring 



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