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cient Quantity, and a due succession of 
Shoots insured; (the best time is in April or 
May,) at the same time taking care to re¬ 
move all dead and superabundant Branches, 
and to carefully cut out the cankered Parts; 
this will, at the same time that it efficiently 
admits the Light and Air, prevent the ab¬ 
sorption of Sap by unproductive Parts, and 
leave the juicy circulation more abundant 
for the perfection of a Crop of full, noble¬ 
sized Fruit, far exceeding any produced 
even in the luckiest of “ Lucky Years.” 
As a specimen of what is effected for 
Fruit by judicious Pruning, a Sketch of 
Two Pears, grown on the same Tree, the 
same Season, is here exhibited,—the small 
one was grown on a Branch pruned with 
Spurs, according to the old System,—and 
the other fine Specimen resulted from the 
Branch itself, on which no Spur was suf¬ 
fered. 
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