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fo in proportion for thofe of a fmaller 

 kind, as foon as they have had their win- 

 ter order of cutting and dreffing. 



It is alfo neceffary to keep orchards clear 

 from the roots of nettles, burdocks, mal- 

 lows, or any ftrong growing weeds; for 

 they deprive the trees of a great deal of 

 moiftiire. 



SECT. VII. 

 Of Pruning of Orchard Pear-Trees. 



SUCH pear-trees as are proper for 

 ftandards are mentioned in the cata- 

 logue given of this kind of fruit, and what 

 hath been faid in regard to the manage- 

 ment of apples, muft be obferved alfo for 

 pears; for their nature of growing and 

 bearing is nearly the fame, whereby there 

 is no occafion of different methods of prun- 

 ing ; but the forts that are naturally of a 

 vigorous growth may be fuffered to grow 

 twenty feet high. 



SECT, 



