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far gone, it may be planted in fome bye 

 place ; moving often flops the canker. The 

 only objection to training dwarfs in this 

 manner is, 'that the fruit is more liable to 

 be blown off than from efpaliers ; if the 

 firil (hoots are trained horizontal for two 

 years, they will grow flifF, and will not be 

 much hurt by the ftrongeft winds. This 

 manner of training will- alfo anfwer for 

 common orchards, the fruit will be much 

 eafier to gather, and not be fo fubject 

 to be blown off by the wind, as when 

 the. trees are high : it may be objected, 

 that the cattle -would crop the lower 

 branches. 



THE laying flags at the bottom of all 

 fruit-trees is good in all kinds of foil. If 

 the roots are drefTed, and the trees planted 

 as directed, they will never go lower, but 

 fpread horizontally ; they will continue 

 many years, and bear excellent fruit. 



IT is recommended by fome, and the 

 practice of many, to lay a quantity of rub- 



bifli 



