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be ho trees except thofe of the wall. The cafe is 

 different where there is ample room ; and the bhjfcms 

 of fruit trees (apples particularly) are fo delightful, 

 tliat if they produced nothing for the palate, there 

 would he a fufficient inducement to plant them for 

 ornament; but hi them be dwarf ftandards, in pre- 

 ference to efpaliers. 



Dwarf -ft andards occafion lefs trouble to keep them 

 3H order than efpaliers, and are (generally) more pro- 

 ductive; for Efpalier trees are feldom managed well, 

 and thus appear unfightly; at beif. they are ftiff and for- 

 mal, and obftrnct the fight in viewing the quarters of 

 a garden, which (if in order,) are worthy of coming 

 under the eye : the violence done to nature, to keep 

 efpaliers in form, is commonly paid by pains and dil- 

 appointroent. A writer of repute obferves, apples on 

 French paradife flocks, planted at eight or nine feet 

 diftance, pruned and kept in an eafy manner, make a 

 fine appearance, and produce better fruit, and in 

 greater quantities, than when they are in efpaliers : 

 Butch paradife ftocks however laft longer, and are 

 altogether fuperior. For managing Divaf trees, fce 

 Pruning. 



If Efpaliers are planted, let them be only fruit of 

 the belt forts, and in Jpacisus gardens,' where they mav 

 fcave a good length and height allowed fchem to grow 

 freely; and let it be refolved to do the buimefe math. 

 If they may have nothing better than poles or Hakes to 

 fce trained to, let them at leaft be ftrait, and ol fome 

 equality in fize, as to height and thicknefs, fmooth, 

 md not too cl unify for the purpofe; fix them well in 

 the ground, upright, and about nine inches a funder ; 

 at firft only four feet from the ground, and raifed as 

 the trees advance in height* Apples on paradfe fiocls 

 beft fuitfor efpaliers m fmall gardens, and pears on 

 quince ftocks, as they maintain a fmall fize; but they 

 4Jf apt to decay by the cutting they muft have, and m 

 <k> aot prove enduring -acts, 



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