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The branches muft be kept at equal di- 

 ftances from one another, at tlie upper 

 ends I and, if any of them do not put out 

 two or three others at the diftance of two 

 feet from the ftem, then then* extremities 

 mull be taken oft to that length, and all 

 the lower buds, leaving only fuch a num- 

 ber remaining as there are branches defir- 

 ed 3 but if there be proper fhoots, then let 

 all the nether buds or branches remain till 

 the next winter, and if the new fnoots 

 A A, &c. in Fig. 6. are two feet long or 

 thereabouts, all others that don't exceed a 

 foot in length may be left for bearers, 

 and thofe that are more muft be cut out. 

 If any of the new-made branches that are 

 at the extremities of others, are not much 

 more than a foot long at the time of win- 

 ter-pruning, inftead of leaving three, as 

 in Fig. 6, leave only two of the longeft 

 flicots, and fuch as exceed two feet muft 

 be cut to that length -, or, if there are 

 three others nearly of that length, let that; 

 which is too long be cut out. 



Thefe new branches muft all be confin d 



at equal diftances from each other ; and 



the belt way of doing it, is to make a fort 



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