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t>€tvveen the Rows in tke Morning 

 and Evening when it is low 5 for 

 in the Middle of the Day, when 

 the Sun is advanced far above the 

 Horizon, it will fhine over the Tops 

 of the Efpaliers, and reach the Sur- 

 face of the Earth about their Roots j 

 which is a Matter of more Confe- 

 quence than many People are a- 

 ware of. 



The Sorts of Apples proper for 

 EfpalierSi are the Golden Fippen, Non- 

 pareil, Rennette Crife, Aromatick 

 nppen, Holland Fippen, Trench Pippen, 

 Wheeler's Rujfet, File's Ruffet, with 

 feveral others. The Seafon for 

 Planting, and the Method of Pru- 

 ning and Training thefe Trees, 

 you'll fee under the Articles of 

 Apples, and Pruning. 



The Sorts of Pears proper for an 

 Efpalier, are Summer and Autumn 

 Fruits i for Winter Pears feldom 

 fucceed well in an Efpalier. Thefe 

 Trees, if defign'd for a ftrong moifl 

 Soil, fhould be upon Quince Srocks ; 

 but if for a dry Soil, upon Free 

 Stocks. Their Diftance of Planting 

 muft alfo be regulated by the 

 Growth of the Trees, which are 

 more unequal in Pears than Apples, 

 and fhould therefore be more care- 

 fully examin'd before they are 

 planted. As for thofe Pears upon 

 Free-Stocks, the Diflance fhould 

 never be lefs than eighteen or 

 twenty Feet, for moderate growing 

 Trees i but for vigorous Shooters, 

 twenty-five Feet is little enough, 

 efpecially if the Soil be flrong, in 

 which Cafe they (hould be planted 

 thirty Feet afunder. The particu- 

 lar Sorts of Pears I would recom- 

 mend for an Efpalier, are the Jar- 

 gonelle, Blanquette, Voir fans Peau, 

 Summer Boncretien, Hamden's Ber- 

 gamot, Pcir du Prince, Pair fans Pep- 

 fin, Beurre du Roy, St. Michael, Le 

 Mart^uifs, Monfieur John, Crejfane, 



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with many others of lefs NotCe 

 As to the Method of Planting, fee 

 the Article Pear; and for Pruning 

 and Managing, fee Pruning. 



I fhall now give Diredtions for 

 Making the Efpalier, to which the 

 Trees are to be trained : But this I 

 would not have done until the third 

 Year after the Trees are planted ; 

 for while they are young, it will be 

 fufficient to drive a few fhort Stakes 

 into the Ground on each Side ot 

 the Trees, to which the Branches 

 fhould be faflen'd in an horizontal 

 Poiition, as they are produc'd j 

 which Stakes may be phc'd nearer, 

 or at a farther Diftance, according 

 as the Shoots produc'd may require, 

 and v/ill be fufficient tor the three 

 firll Years ; tor fhould you frame 

 the Efpalier the firfl Year the Trees 

 are planted, the Poles would rot 

 before the Efpalier is cover 'd. The 

 cheapeft Mc^thod to make thele 

 Efpaliers is with Aflj Poles, of 

 which you fhould have two Sorts -, 

 one of the largeft Size, which con- 

 tains thirteen Poles in a Bundle, 

 and the other Size thofe of half a 

 hundred : The firft or largefl Size 

 Poles fhould be cut about feven 

 Feet and a half long i thefe are in- 

 tended for Upright Stakes, and 

 mull be fharpen'd at the largefl End, 

 that they may with more Eafe be 

 driven into the Ground, and if 

 thefe Ends are burnt in the Fire a 

 little, it will preferve 'em from 

 rotting 5 thefe fhould be plac'd at 2 

 Foot. Diflance from each other in a 

 dire£t Line, and of an equal Height, 

 about fix Feet above Ground 5 then 

 you fhould nail a Row of flrait 

 ilender Poles along upon the Tops 

 ot the upright Stakes, which will 

 keep them cxadly even, and con- 

 tinue to crofs the Stakes with the 

 fmaller Poles, and the Tops whicfi 

 were cut off from the larger ones, 

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