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will flourish in every variety of soil 

 ■where it is not incommoded with 

 water, and might probably be cvilti- 

 Tated in almost every part of Eng- 

 land, with nearly as much success as 

 in this county, if the fruit be ground 

 in a similar mill, and equal attention 

 paid in the process of manufacture. 

 In planting pear-trees, a wider in- 

 terval should be allowed between 

 them than is necessary to the apple- 

 tree. In the most closely-planted 

 orchard* the rows should not be less 

 than eighteen yards distant, nor the 

 trees less than eight or nine from 

 each other. When the ground is to 

 remain under tillage, it is better to 

 allow even twenty five or thirty 

 yards between (he rows. As in ci 

 der, the fruit which is ground toge- 

 ther should be as uniformly ripe as 

 possible, : and fev/ kinds of pears 

 are found to improve, by being 

 kept, after they have fallen, through 

 ripeness, from the trees. Perry will 

 not always become fine as readily as 

 cider ; an ounce and a half or two 

 ounces of dissolved i-inglass are then 

 applied, in the usual manner, to a 

 cask of one hundred and ten gal- 

 lons*. 



Account of a Method of gaining iMnd 

 from (lie Sea. Bi) Mr. John 

 Knapping, of South Shocbiiri/, 

 Essex. From (he Transactions of 

 the Socielij for the Encouragement 

 of yhtSy ManitJ'uciures, and Com- 

 merce + . 



In the month of April, 1801, I 



entered into an agreement with 

 some men who had been accustomed 

 to make embankments against the . 

 sea, to enclose 234 acres of sattings, 

 or broken ground, which I had , 

 hired, upon lease, of the right hon. 

 the earl of Winchelsea, in the island 

 of Foulness, and which was over- 

 flown by the sea every tide. I 

 could hare enclosed nearly twenty 

 acres more at the same time, but did 

 not deem it prudent, because, in 

 that case, the base or foot of my 

 new bank must have been set too 

 near the ocean ; and, by that means, 

 the surgej when the wind blew hard 

 from the east or north-cast, would 

 have been liable to damage and un- j 

 derniine it. The base or scat of my ^ 

 new wall is thirty-two feet, and I 

 first contracted to have it only sIk 

 feet high, and to be six feet wide on 

 the top ; to complete which, I agreed 

 to give the men fifty-eight shillings 

 per rod. There are 304 rods of it, 

 and the work so executed came to 

 881 /. 12 V. But judjrins; afterwards 

 that its base would still bear an ad- 

 ditional height, which I conceived to 

 be necessary for the better sec.rity 

 of the land, I had the wall or bank 

 made a foot higher, and allowed a 

 contraction of one foot more for the 

 slope, or batten, as it is termed ; so 

 that its dimensions now are 304 

 rods in length, 32 feet base, seven 

 feet perpendicular height, and five 

 feet wide at the top. This addi- 

 tional height cost me about 150?. 

 more, which, added to the price of 

 the first contract, and the planks 



* The reader, who is flesirous of a more detailed information on these subjects, 

 will find thfiui fully and sciciititically di-ciissed in " A Treitise on the Culture of 

 the Aijplu and Pear, isnd on the^Manufacture of Cider and Terry, by T. A. Knight^ 

 esq. 8\'o. Printed at Ludlow, 1801." 



The old and exploded methods of making and managing cider will also be found in 

 the Appendix to ETc/i/n's Si/lva. 



t The Gold Medal was adjusted to Mr. Knapping, for his Communication. 



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