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T rees being thus pruned and plafhed with Care, as - 
foon as the Sprouts appear, and during May, June, 
July,Augufl,\n the Wane of the Moon, break the falfe 
Shoots and Sprouts that come before and behind 
the Stem, and cut off thofe that (hoot upon the El- 
bow of fuch Boughs as are bent, for they carry away 
all the. nourishment from the good Boughs. You 
muft pinch fuch as rife too high, to make them fur- 
nifh the Body of the Tree, but this muft be done be- 
fore they be too long and hard ; if you omit the 
feafon, you muft only cut them at two or three inches 
from the Boughs to retain the Sap within the Body of 
theTi.ee, which thefe would take a wav, and ftay rill 
the Winter following before. you take them q its off; 
for fo long as a 1 rec is ?n it's Sap, you muft never .cut 
ofFany Branch from it, nor make the leaft lncilion 
u po n i r, for f ea r o f fca r m i n git.* 
Be careful in pruning, that you take not too much 
Wood, nor leave them too Naked and Confufed, but 
conftder the goodnefs of the Ground, the force of the 
Tree, and the manner of it’s Springing, whether with 
more or lei's vigour; for certainly if you pinch or ftop 
thofe too ipuch which are of great ftrength, you de- 
ft™}’ all the Fruit-buds, and make them fpring to 
Wood,and dry up rhofe that are weakand languifhing. 
The Gardener muft alfo take notice of the kind of 
the Tree he is to prune, for fome forts of Pear-Trees 
do not fo well furnifh rhemfelves with Boughs as others, 
fuch as the Rnufelet, the Cur fern a dam, and the rfatgo- 
nelly. He muft ftop and pinch thefe fhorter and oft- 
ner, to force them to put forth, and to furnish them- 
felves with a greater ftore of Branches. He muftob* 
ferve, that Peach and Apricock-Trees, ha ving much 
Sap, become unfurnifhed in the middlejand are ruin’d 
in a fhort time, if he let them grow too far before ha 
pinch them, f >r the great Shoots they put forth carry 
the Sap from the Stem to the Top of the Tree, and 
Choak the frnaller Branches that are behind.’ He 
muft therefore faftea to the Wall all thofe Branches 
they 
