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THIRDLY, When Fruit-Trees are pruned in the End of Autumn, 
their Roots have not fo great a Quantity of Wood to fupport thro’out the 
Winter, as when prun‘d in the Spring, and confequently are better able to 
{upport their Bloffoms in the Spring. And again, the leffer the Quantity 
of Wood is on a Tree thro’out the Winter, the lefs crude Sap is imbibed, 
and confequently the Tree is much more perfeét, and in better Health. 
FOURTHLY, When Branches are prun’d early in the Winter, 
and the Orifices of their Sap-Veflels firmly clofed, the ‘attracting 
Force of the Leaves in the Spring, is not weaken’d, by the many Inlets 
of frefh Wounds, which muft happen when Trees are prun’d late in 
February and March. 
HENCE arifes the Reafon why luxuriant Trees, prun’d late in the 
Spring, are thereby check’d in their Growth : For: the Sap-Veflels being 
open by the feveral Wounds at the Ends of their Shoots, the attractive 
Power of the Leaves cannot ftrongly attract Nourifhment, until thofe 
many Inlets or Sap-Veffels are clofed ; and therefore ‘tis that the Luxu- 
tiancy is in fome Degree abated. 
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luxuriant Trees, is late in the Spring ; and thofe that are weak, or in 
a healthy State, early in the Winter ; or rather, as before is faid, in the 
End of the Autumn. 
NOW from this ts eVidetits=ethae—et 
THE (feveral Rules here deliver'd being well obferv’d, we need 
“never fail of having good Wood in all our feveral Kinds of Fruits-Trees : 
And the only Thing that is now wanting to compleat this Part of 
Pruning in general, is the Reafons and Manner of Pruning the Ends of 
Branches, 
THE Reafon why the Ends of the Branches of fome Sorts of Fruits 
are cut fhort at the Time of Pruning, is, becaufe the extreme Parts 
thereof being produc’d in the latter Part of the Year, when the Sap was 
declining in its Strength, they are not fo perfect and mature, as thofe 
Parts of the Shoots which were firft produc’d, and therefore the immature 
Parts fhould be cut away. ag 
