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and ftem, to fupply the perfpiration of the 

 remaining boughs, whereby the fap of the 

 tree is probably lefs depauperated than it 

 would have been, if all the boughs had re- 

 mained on. For thefe reafons early pruning 

 mould, in the main, and excepting fome 

 cafes, be better than late. 



And the reafonablenefs of this practice is 

 further confirmed by the experience of fome, 

 who have found, that by pruning Vines, and 

 pulling all the leaves off them in September, 

 as foon as the fruit was off, they have borne 

 greater plenty of Grapes than other Vines, 

 particularly in the year J726. when, by reafon 

 of the extreme wetnefs and coldnefs of the 

 preceding fummer, the unripe moots produe'd 

 generally very little fruit. But early pruning 

 feems to be the more preferable, becaufe pull- 

 ing off the leaves may poffibly both wound 

 the adjoining bud, and injure it, by depriving 

 it of the nourilhment which the leaf would 

 have brought to it. 



From many Experiments in the fecond 

 Chapter, the Gardener will fee with what 

 force his grafts imbibe fap from the flock, 

 efpecially that ductile nourishment from be- 

 tween the bark and wood -, which correfpond- 

 ing parts he well knows, by conftant expe- 

 rience, 



