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is neceſſary to prevent exceſſive fermentation, by early and fre« quent rackings,

Where the natural ſoil is not good of itſelf, ſuch manure fhould be, mixed with it as beſt ſuits its temper.

If the ſoil be a cold heavy clay, horſe-dung, coal, and oaper’s aſhes, will bring it to a due temperament,

If it be light and hollow, marl, or mud from ponds and rivers, highway dirt mixed with lime, cow dung,&c, will mellow and inrich it; and if the ſpade be occaßionall IIy em- ployed to dig around, without weunding the R a fruit tree may be made to bear more abundantly, and to produce richer fruit.

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Improvement of the heads is alſo of as much LS as of the roots; and this ſhould be particularly attended to in the early growth of apple trees. This is reckoned a very material part of tree huſbanding, for according as the head of the tree is firſt trained, ſo it will grow in a form more or

leſs regular. Even in old orchards, judicious E has

frequently made unfruitful trees bear in great abundance

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