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If your Ground be uneven it ought to be 

 leveird, or elfe fuch Trees as grow pendant, 

 or are not apt to grow tall, muft be planted 

 in the higheft Situation, and fuch as are afpi- 

 ring, in the loweft Places : And for the Pofi- 

 tion of your Trees, on the North Side you are 

 to fet the firft Rows of Pear, or other Fruit- 

 Trees, as are apt to grow talleft, and the reft 

 fouthward, as they decreafe in Height, as 

 near as may be judg d 5 that fo all of them may 

 in a greater Meafure partake of the South Sun, 

 and be lefs liable to the Blafts of the northern 

 Winds. 



In three Years Time after Grafting, Trees 

 may be removed from the Nurfery into the 

 Orchard 5 and the beft Time for tranfplanting 

 is from the latter End of September to the 

 End of Fovembef\ tho' the fooner you begin 

 this Work in Seafon, the greater 5uccefs you 

 may expeft. If the Leaves are not all fallen 

 when the Trees are remov'd, they muft be 

 pick'd ofF^ and if they are not very weak- 

 body'd, they are to be prun'd, only three or 

 four of the principal Branches nmftbelefc 

 on the Top, that ftioot outwards, which fhould 

 be quite lopped ofF when they arrive at almoft 

 a Year's Growth : But if the Trees are weak, 

 thofe chief Branches are to be pruned to a 

 Bud or fmall Twig^ and in all Cafes the 

 Ends of large Roots are to be reduc'd. 



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