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till thofe defigned for horizontals are 

 grown almoft to the length required. 



The two ftrongeft branches proceeding 

 from B and C, muft be preferved for ftems, 

 and fliould be kept clear from all fore-right 

 branches 3 and when the other ftrong ones 

 are full eighteen inches long, let them be 

 nailed horizontally, leaving only their up- 

 per ends ereft, which will encourage them 

 to fhoot more in length. 



All buds and branches mufl be taken 

 away from their under and fore-fides, 

 which appear the firft fummer after plant- 

 ing ; and no collaterals fliould be left nearer 

 each other than the fpace of three inches. 



CHAP. LV. 



The Winter-pruning of a Peach-Tree, 

 that is more than one Year old, accord- 

 ing to Fig. 5. 



THIS figure reprefents a tree with 

 one fide cut and nailed in a manner 

 proper for its winter order ; but the other 

 is not, as appears by the fide A B having 

 fewer branches upon it than there are up- 

 M 3 on 



