anda hint is given to“ defire the nurſeryman to be at-

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cs the E of the ſan, the ſap 1 is richer,: cc duces the ſweeteſt faireſt fruit.

« Chuſe the ground carefully, NC Here landlord, < tenant, and workman, ſhould look to planting «“ expreſſed in the Tranſadions, and obſerve pohtionz «« determining to eſtabliſh ſhelter on the three cold ſides: < of the freeſt growing trees which the country pro= duces; which will much contribute to keep off the « blights, and proted the fruit from the ſeverity of the

« winds in autumn, when often half the crop of fruit is

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thrown from the trees before it 1s ripe,

« All over redundant wood ſhould be taken off that «« the tree may have an uniform head; and the more the «“ range of branches ſhoot circularly, a little inclining «<< upwards, the more equal ly will the ſap be diſtributed, cc and the better will the tree bear. Alſo keep the bran=-

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ches clear; for ſunſhine and ſhade are unalterably the

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cauſe of ſweet and ſour BRE ï «e Tt is perfeAly within the nurſeryman’s art to pro- duce all his ſtandard fruit-bearing trees, with fems « large and ſmooth, buds full and round, leaves broad

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and open, without the tree being much diſpoſed to

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canker or gum;z and this is given as the chara@er of ,”

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a valuable tree.’ For this, and Mofs, ſce page 167, in the 1 3th volume;

ce tentive in his grafts; ſor more depends upon it than is

OTE «imagined; as from the g raft being full, well wooded,

« clear, and properly ole. BE u will be both « larger and higher flavoured, though the ſoil and cul-

Ce Ure MAY be the ſame, Alſo, the LS of the wa9od of

« the tree is'moft materially afÆœ@ted during the whole

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