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tree by, and the manner of pruning is the 

 fame as for pears upon quince-ttocks, and 

 planted the fame diftance from one ano- 

 ther ; tho' in time they will become large 

 trees, and then more room muft be given 

 them. 



CHAP. XLVIIL 



Pruning of Currant-trees. 



THE method of pruning a currant- 

 tree planted againft a wall, is much 

 the fame as for the laft, only that currants 

 don't require above one fourth of the wall 

 allowed for mulberries : they produce their 

 fruit upon ftuds of four or five years old, 

 but that upon collaterals made the year be- 

 fore is the largefl and beft. By taking off 

 the old ftuds, young ones are recovered in 

 the fame places, provided the old ones are 

 not cut off too clofe to the horizontals 3 and 

 if the horizontals be renewed when three 

 or four years old, the fruit will be much 

 larger than thofe upon the old parts of 

 a tree. 



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