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POMON A: Qr, 
NOW to determine what Quantity of a Shoot fhould be cut away, 
is very difficult, becaufe different Seafons have different Effects on their 
Growths, and therefore this Point muft be wholly fubmitted to the 
Judgment of the Pruner ; and ‘tis therefore that we muft be fure to 
prune at a Leaf-Bud, and for want thereof, nail in the Branches at 
their full Lengths. 
YOUNG Trees that are truly healthy require the leaft Reduction, 
and very often may be nail’d in at full Length, efpecially when all their 
Buds are difpofed for Bloffom, as Peaches, Apricots, and Morella 
Cherries are very apt to do: And there are fome Sorts of Pears, which 
produce the moft of their Fruits at the extreme Parts of their Shoots, 
and therefore muft not be topp’d, becaufe you not only cut away Part 
of the Fruits, but the leading Bud of the Shoot alfo, for want of which 
the Shoot dies as foon as the Fruits thereon are ripen’d, : 
