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* Trees to be well pruned muft have their Boughs 
every Year refre(h’d,more or lefs,by cuting away the 
Wood that fprings in the Month of d'uguft. Boughs 
that (boot too fall, ought to be cut fhorter than the 
otber c ,becaufe they draw the Sap to themfelves ; but 
* the Matter- bough muft always be preferv’d, being that 
which grows ftrait upward ; fo flopping it from Year 
to Year, thac it may always be the ftrongeft, and 
maintain the Shape of the Tree. Weak Boughs alfo 
fho'rten, and thofe that are difpofed to bear Fruit the 
Year following, to the End they may grow ftrong, 
and their Buds be fetter nourifbed. 
’Tis alfo neceffary to prune Branches that are full 
of Fruit-buds, for too great a quantity of Blooms con- 
futes the Trees. In pruning obferve to cut them 
above a Leaf. Bud, and as near to it as may be, for 
then the Fruit will profit you more, and prevent 
4- dying. 
But Peach Trees muft be pruned laft of all, when 
they begin to fpring, and are ready to flower, be- 
caufe their young Wood is fo tender, that it will dry 
and fpoil upon the leaft Froft. 
Dwarf- ftanders planted in the open Air, muft be 
pruned as thofe that are planted againft a Wall ; that 
is, fuch Bbughs as grow too faft muft be (horten’d. 
Thofe that are weak muft be ftopp*d,to make them 
grow bigger ; the ufelefs take away, and if they 
fhape not the Tree well, fallen them in their Frames 
^ the firft Year, to give the Trees that Roundnefs 
and Fafhion you defire : And clip not Dwarf-Trees 
with Sheers to fhape them into a Bufh, it fpoils the 
Fruit, and caufes Confufion, but thefe Trees muft be 
cut with a Pruning-knife, and thofe Boughs kept low 
which (hoot up (?oo much, and the fuperfluity taken 
away, to preferve thereby thofe in themidftofrhe 
> Tree, which moft commonly bear Fruit. Plumb- 
Trees and Cherry* Trees neither cut nor Hop on the 
top, but clear them of their ufelefs Wood within the 
Tree ; they are not proper to be kept as Dwarfs. 
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