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€i in the Winter, by cutting all the Branches 
“ to the Height of three Foot, and then they 
‘‘ cut out the middle or perpendicular Branch 
<c as low as it will admit, to leave a proper 
<c Number of the extended or fpreading ones, 
<c three, four, or fiye in Number being fuffi- 
‘‘ cient j and if any of thefe do not naturally 
is extend themfelves fo wide and fo regular as 
<c they fhould do, we make ufe of the follow- 
<c ing Device to oblige them to it. — We take a 
<c Stick of a moderate Size, and cut it as long 
as it is proper to extend or fpread each Branch ; 
tc then at each End of the Stick we cut a Slit, 
<c making them as wide as each Branch re- 
lc quires. In this Manner we fix it to each 
tc Branch, and let it continue in this Pofture 
u till the latter End of the enfuing Summer, 
“ when the Branches will be ftayed, and re- 
“ main fixed in their defired Order. This is 
<c reckoned a very material Piece of Tree-Huf- 
tc bandry ; for according as the Head of the 
“ Apple-Tree is firft trained up, fo it will grow 
“ in a more or lefs regular Form. Thefe lecond 
“ Year's Shoots we cut off with Part of the fe- 
<s cond, leaving only about a Foot, or a Foot 
“ and a Half Diftance from the Body, making 
“ the Cut or Slope within-fide. But thofe that 
c< are left fhould be only the very principal 
“ ones, being trained up for thatPurpofe. All 
“ elfe {hould be pared off dole to the Tree’s 
ct Body, and even all thofe that are put out of 
f< each Branch, as likewife all the Buds with- 
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