( 6* ) 

 3n the Spring, often whilft fharp frofis 

 and cutting blaft prevail, they require 

 the indulgence of a warm Sunny fitua- 

 ation, and afliftance of a wall, to defend 

 the tender bloom and infant fruit as 

 much as pofiible from the rigours of 

 the weather ; fo that the trees for the 

 general fupply fhoula be planted againfb 

 a warm wall or ciofe paing fence, &c. 

 fome earlier kinds againft a fouch alptcl, 

 and others on weft and eaft expofures, 

 to effect a greater variation in the times 

 ripening of the fruit, as well as to 

 obtain it longer in perfection; and 

 thus we may employ all the forts, not 

 only as common dwarf wall trees, 

 planted fifteen or twenty feet diftance; 

 but alfo half ftandards planted between 

 them, trained alfo as wall trees to 



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