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Thofe young branches left at the ends 

 of the horizontals fhould be extended for-* 

 ward, if there is room 5 if not, they may 

 be turned and difpofed of as directed at E. 

 in Fig. 6. and the bufhes growing near them 

 fliould be thinned, to prevent them from 

 ihading the branches from the fun's rays. 



If there is not a fufficient number of new 

 horizontals, take pieces out of the fides of 

 the ftem where they are w^anted 5 for by 

 cutting the tree in this manner, young 

 fhoots wall grow near the parts cut, both 

 above and below. 



Such trees as have neither ftems nor ho- 

 rizontals regular, muft be managed fo as 

 to have both produced from new fhoots 5 

 the ftrongeft fhoot in the middle of the 

 tree, and neareft the bottom, fhould be left 

 for a ftem, and turned as in Fig. 5. the old 

 branches will doubtlefs be in its way, and 

 to nail them acrofs one another is very im- 

 proper in regular trees, but as it can't be 

 well avoided in this cafe, let it therefore be 

 nailed and placed over or under the old 

 branches as is moft convenient, and the 

 beft of the old branches laid horizontally 

 a foot afunder at leaft, and all the worft 

 I fliould 



