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had the bark cut at the fame time, fell 
early, viz. about the latter end of Offiober, 
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 win- 
ter. 
This is a further proof, that lefs 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 leffer quantity of fap in 
this branch mull fooncr be infpilfated into 
a glutinous fubllance, fit for new produc- 
tions, than the fap of other branches, that 
abounded with a greater plenty of frelh 
thin fap. 
The fame is the reafon why Apples, 
Pears, and many other fruits, which have 
fame of their great fap vefiels eaten afun- 
der by infers bred in them, are ripe many 
days before the reft of the fruit on the 
fame trees $ as alfo that fruit which is ga- 
thered 
