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bruifed by either hammer or nail, for this 

 will caufe gum to ifTue out from the wound- 

 ed part, which either kills or weakens the 

 branch it proceeds from. I have, in the 

 former part of this volume, affigned the 

 fpace of wall proper for cherries, but the 

 diftances from each other are various, ac- 

 cording to the heights of v^^alls ) and when 

 they are planted twelve feet or more afun- 

 der, they Ihould have two ftems, for rea- 

 fons before given concerning pears upon 

 quince flocks. The cornelian cheriy is 

 generally planted a ftandard, and when it 

 is not too much crouded, will bear fruit, 

 but not fo good as when cut and nailed 

 by the rules given for the morella. 



CHAP. LL 



Pruning of Plums againft Walls. 



THE beft kinds of plums are, in their 

 feafon, as noble fruit as any our 

 climate produces, and they well deferve a 

 good wall 5 but without proper manage- 

 ment by pruning and nailing, they are of- 

 ten very bad, having but little pulp, and 



that 



