FRUIT-TREES. lyi 



but when there are many and fhort, then 

 they muft be thinned according as there is 

 a necefiity. 



All other works of difbudding, &c. muft 

 be performed according to the direftions 

 given for the laft fummer, and the thin- 

 ing of fruit muft be performed by the 

 rules laid down for the purpofe. 



What has been already faid relates only 

 to fuch trees as have two ftems at the time 

 of planting ; and when there is but one 

 ftem, it muft be placed againft the wall, 

 in the fame manner as one of the others, 

 and a new one muft be raifed as foon as 

 poffible from one of the loweft buds, 

 which are very apt to flioot ftrongly, 

 when their ftem is planted fo much lean- 

 ing as A B or A C ; and in all other re- 

 fpefts it muft be managed as in Fig. 4, 

 and 5. of this plate. 



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