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Sect. XV. 2.5 



OF 



FRUITS 



4 



pinched ofF, do not put out a fre(h during tb.t funn 



but new 



bu^aTe for mTdVt each eye, which germinate the next fummer, and 



mod all of them produce fruit 



If h 



fome of the (hoots in 



the bofom of thefe leaves are 



pinched off too foon after their appearance, they are occafionally 

 ble to generate new leaf-buds, which fl.oot out afreih from the fa 



ey 



nd 



faid, that thefe eyes, wh 



thus produced 



leaf-buds in fucceffi 



one 



fummer, will not generally prod 



buds of any kind in the fucceeding fummer 



fo 



feveral of thefe 



joints in vigorous vines bea 



three buds from the fame ey 



the fame time, fo others bear them in fucceffion. ^ 



The theory of thefe important fads may not be eafy to inveli 



gate ; it is 



o 



commonly fuppofed 



pinching off the lateral (hoot 



ery bud of a new vine-branch ftrengthens the next year's exped- 

 ed bud, by not expending fo much nutritive juice ; and that giving 

 the vines a fortnight's artificial heat, after the fummer heat L 

 pens the wood for the produdion of the next year's fruit ; but thefe 

 ^ - "^as. I fuppofe, when each 



fl 



ords, I imagine, without accurate id 



lateral (lioot of this year's b 



f a vine is pinched 



ff, that its 



dexes, which had already formed a part of the bark, coalefce ; and 

 may thus render it more difficult for the caudexes of the fucceeding 

 embryon bud in the fame eye, which is to be expanded next fpring, 

 to be produced along the bark, by having prevloufly occupied the 

 (ituation which thofe new caudexes would require ; and that thus 1 



fecond 



b 



f thefe e} 



become flo\yer-buds, which might 



otherwife have been leaf-bud 



The continued heat a week or two above the ufual time of fum 



faid to 



pe 



th 



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cod 



y 



b 



dry and 



he 



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forward the growth of the buds; and th 



both to render the protrufi 



f emb 



ffi 



nd 



fequently to produce flower-buds, and thofe of a larger kind 



W 



fimilar method to this p 



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be ap- 

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