248 THE FRUIT GARDENER. [B/2. 



The handfomeft and moft ufeful manner 

 of copping is, to bevel off the flone to the 

 thicknefs of two inches on each fide- of the 

 wall, and give it as much projection 3 with 

 a groove underneath, as is commonly prac- 

 tifed. 



The moft eligible height for a garden - 

 wall, and that which fuits the generality 

 of fruit-trees beft, is fifteen feet ; but where 

 uniformity is fludied, the height of the 

 walls fhould correfpond with the extent of 

 the garden, or rather with the apparent 

 extent. However, I would wifh the ex- 

 tremes to be fixed at ten and eighteen 

 feet. I would be underftood here, as fpeak- 

 ing of the height above the furface. And 

 let it be obferved, that no garden- wall 

 Ihould be founded lefs than three feet, moft 

 kinds of trees requiring a yard of Toil. 



Efpaliers are not only ornamental, but 

 ufeful, in the garden, and are much to be 

 preferred to ftandards .; which both over- 

 fhadow the crops, and are liable to be 

 fliaken with boifterous winds, much to 

 their detriment in the flowering and fet- 

 ting.feafons. But, being neatly drefled to 

 a rail, many kinds of apples and pears will 



produce 



