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trial upanpart of a tree, by whlcli he may 

 difcover whether what I have aflerted be 

 true or falfe. 



Trees that are ordered as is fliewn in 

 Fig. 4. till they become like Fig. 5. and 

 6. are earliefl: brought to bear, and their 

 fap is fpent in ufefully fupporting their 

 fruit, &c. but in Fig. 2. and 3. it forms 

 many (hoots in the fummer which are 

 cut out in winter -, let any man therefore 

 judge which method is beft to be praftifed, 

 whether to procure fruit upon a young 

 tree, or luxuriant branches to employ the 

 knife upon. 



I aver that a tree nailed by my method, 

 fhall conftantly produce a third part more 

 of good fruit, than one that is cut fhort 

 and nailed Uke Fig. 2. and 3. for the latter 

 are generally nailed to the wall in fhape of 

 a fan, by which fome of the branches are 

 placed almofl perpendicularly ; fo that all 

 the middle of a tree has no other but ftrong 

 barren branches in it, and its bloflbms are 

 only at the extremities of the lower ones, 

 and the middle parts put out in fummer 

 flrong fiioots to be cut out in winter, 

 according to the annual cuftomary me- 

 thod 



