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defence from winter froir, or drying 

 winds, till they have taken good root, 

 Likewife in dry light foils may give a pot 

 of water to fettle the earth, and prepare 

 the tree for rooting afrefh, particularly in 

 late fpring planting, repeating it occa- 

 fionally, but by no means water fo free- 

 ly as to render the earth miry, but mo- 

 derately moid, for, if continued too wet, 

 it will chill and rot the tender fibres. 



Protecting the Blojfoms^ and thinning young 

 Wall Fruit. 



PROTECTION of the BiofToms of 

 peach, nectarine, and apricot wall trees 

 in unfavourable fprlngs, is effected dif- 

 ferent ways, but the mod eligible is ei- 

 ther by mats, or cuttings of evergreens. 

 The mats are to be occafionally nailed 



up before the trees, when there is an ap- 

 pearance 



