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other of the fame kind 5 and from the 

 middle of both there comes another, 

 which we will call the third knot or 

 pint 5 which third knot is always to be 

 pinch'd off near the joint, in order to 

 make the plant burnifh and fprcad the 

 better ; but this pinching ought to be 

 done fome days before you plant it in 

 the ridge, or fome days after it is well 

 cftablifn'd there s becaufe the pinching 

 the vine, and tranfpianting it at the 

 fame time, gives it fuch a check as it 

 fcarce ever recovers 5 and tho' it may be 

 an allowable practice on early melons, 

 which can t be checked too much, fo as to 

 make them bear, yet for the main crop 

 you arc to follow the firft diredions; 

 but this pinchuig before-mcntion'd fhould 

 be done with very fharp nails, or rather 

 fine fciifars, fo as not to wound or 

 bruife the plant. But from thence, I 

 mean from the laft nipping that the firft 

 leader Ihoots out, and is that which 

 will produce others, that may alfo be cal- 

 led, firftj fecond, and third knots 5 which 

 third or laft, and all fuch others as fhall 

 fucceed, are to be nip'd off at fiich third 

 joint \ which will always keep the plants 

 fhort j and from thofe knots and joints 



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