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more plentiful crops, than from the nicefl: drefl: trees of 

 the fame kind I ever faw. I do not, however, mean to 

 exclude drefllng entirely in the Morello; they too may 

 be fo managed, as to appear handfome, and at the fame 

 time to bear good crops. 



Manner of planting and laying Cherry-Trees to the Wall. 



THE bed and fureft management, with regard to 

 Cherries, is to lay their branches at full length hori- 

 zontally to the wall, and never to pinch the extremi- 

 ties of their fhoots, unlefs it be to make them fend out 

 fome lateral branches to fupply a vacancy in the wall. 

 This work (hould be performed only ?'out the middle of 

 May, (when the wound will foon healj that the lateral 

 branches which are produced by it, may be fully ripened 

 and rtrong before the winter approaches : but in doing 

 this, I would not allow any fort of freedom, as they pro- 

 duce abundance of their fruit at the extremities of their 

 branches, and alfo upon their fpurs, which are produced 

 upon two or three years old wood, which you fhould 

 ever preferve, if you would have a good crop ; and 

 on healthy trees they will continue fruitful for many 

 years; but as foon as they begin to knot and gum, turn 

 thick, and of a black colour, cut off the knots and fpurs 

 clofe to the branch in O^ohery with a well fharpened 

 chiflel, leaving it very fmooth ; the fucceeding fpring, 

 the old tree, if in health, will fend out new branches. 



Planting Peaches and Nc Marines, and the Sorts "which are 

 to be prcjcrred. 



NEXT to Cherries, I would recommend the plant- 

 ing of Peaches and Nectarines, obferving that fuch 

 trees as are plantt^d on one fide of the gate in the hot- 

 uall, the fame fort fliould be planted on the other, in 

 order to be regular. 



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