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There are fome kinds of pears that are 

 much ihorter fhooters than ethers -, when 

 theie are propagated on quince flocks, and 

 planted with only one ftem againft 4 wall 

 of the lower fort, before they can cover 

 the fpace defigned for them, the ftuds and 

 bearers neareft the ftem will be of too great 

 an age to produce good fruit ; when this 

 happens, the tree fhould have two ftems 

 like a peach, and thereby the bearers may 

 be kept properly young. If one fide of the 

 tree be weaker than the other, they fhould 

 be cut as two feparate trees according to 

 their ftrength ; this will occafion one fide 

 of the tree to be lower than the other, but 

 it is better to have branches pf equal and 

 proper ftrength, though the fides of a tree 

 be unequal in height, than to have the 

 fruit on one fide much inferior to that on 

 the other in goodnefs. 



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