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taking them up, &c. ftrong and healthy 

 ones may be obtained, 



CHAR XL. 



Shewing the different advantages arifing 

 from the feveral ways of Pruning young 

 Pear-Trees upon Free-Stocks. 



I Have in the laft chapter fhewn my 

 method of pruning and naiUng young 

 pear-trees upon free-ftocks, which as it is 

 very different from what is generally prac- 

 tifed, I fhall here give my reafons for it, 

 and fhew the many advantages arifing 

 therefrom, more than by the cuflomary 

 methods of cutting (hort ; and begin with 

 the two trees newly tranfplanted, repre- 

 fented by Fig. 2. and 4. the former or- 

 dered after the cuflomary method, the 

 latter, i. e. Fig. 4. after mine. I believe it 

 will appear ftrange that in Fig. 4. I left 

 two branches uncut, but nailed horizon- 

 tally. But if it be demanded why they 

 are not cut and nailed like the fecond 

 figure, I anfwer, that by nailing the two 

 branches A and C, as in Fig. 4. I propofe 



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