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fliould be cut out, and fuch as grow the 

 moft contrary to the ihape defired, and 

 likewife old ftuds that would fliade the new 

 horizontals. This work fliould be repeated 

 annually as the new ftem, and the hori- 

 zontals proceeding from it, increafe in 

 length, till they form a tree as regular as 

 the fixth figure, which may be performed 

 in a few years, provided they are ordered 

 like thofe of a young tree. When a large 

 branch is taken off, it mufl be done clofe 

 to the part it grows from, and made fmooth 

 with a fharp chiffel, then covered over with 

 pitch and rofin of each an equal quantity 

 melted together, and left as much reclining 

 as pofTible to prevent its taking wet. What 

 I have faid upon wall-trees of this fort, I 

 hope will inform any one how to improve 

 dwarfs, &c. either of apples, plums, or 

 cherries. 



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