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THEY (hould be grafted on free flocks, 

 that is, flocks raifed from the feeds of 

 large four apples, or crabs; but I think 

 crabs make the fineft trees, 



THE proper time for planting is in 

 autumn, unlefs the ground is fubject to 

 wet in winter ; in that cafe the fpring is 

 preferable. They mufl be headed down 

 in fpring, and treated in every refpeft 

 exactly the fame as pear-trees: although 

 their fruit and foliage is very different, 

 they are much of the fame nature; the 

 6nly thing in which they differ from 

 pears is, that they are apt to have their 

 fpurs grow too clofe, which caufes green 

 worms to lodge amongfl them and eat the 

 bottoms of the bloflbms ; this is often cr- 

 foneoufly called a blight, 



DWARF apples, round the quarters in 

 a kitchen garden, {hould be planted at fix, 

 ieven, or eight feet diftance, if on French 

 paradife flocks ; but if on Dutch pa- 

 radife flocks they may be planted at eight, 



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