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leaves of this and another branch, which 

 had the bark cut at the fame time, fell early, 

 viz. about the latter end of Oftober^ when the 

 leaves of all the other branches of the fame 

 tree, except thofe at the very top of the tree, 

 continued on all the winter. 



This is a further proof, that left fap goes 

 to branches which have the bark cut off, than 

 to others. 



The 19th of April following, the buds of 

 this branch were 5 or 7 days forwarder than 

 thofe of other branches of the fame tree ; 

 the reafon of which may probably be, be- 

 caufe lefs frelh crude fap coming to this 

 branch than the others, and the perfpira- 

 tions in all branches being, ceteris paribus^ 

 nearly equal, the lefTer quantity of fap in 

 this branch muft fooner be infpiflated into 

 a glutinous fubftance, fit for new produc- 

 tions, than the fap of other branches, that 

 abounded with a greater plenty of freili 

 thin fap. 



The fame is the reafon why Apples, 

 Pears, and many other fruits, which have 

 fome of their great fap-veffels eaten afun- 

 der by infe&s bred in them, are ripe many 

 days before the reft of the fruit on the 

 fame trees ; as alio that fruit which is ga- 

 thered 



