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be of Ufe, that there may be Room 

 lefc to put 3 Sp^de in between 

 them ; the Ditch alfo fhould be 

 cleans'd, and each Side of the Slope 

 kept as in a new Ditch j and where 

 the Earth is wafh'd from the Roots 

 ot the Quick, or is hollow, face 

 it anew, with lb much of the firit 

 Spit of Earth that is dug out of 

 the Ditch, as there is Occalion for, 

 and lay what is dug out at the fe- 

 cond Spic on the Top of the Bsnk j 

 for if it be laid on the Side or Face 

 of the Bank, it will flip into the 

 Ditch igain when Wet comes, and 

 alfo take a great deal of the Bank 

 along with it. 



In planting (Quicks there are two 

 Extreams to be avoided ; the firfl 

 is laying it too low and too thick, 

 bccaufe it makes the Sap run all 

 into the Shoots, and leaves the 

 Plafhes without Nourifliment ; 

 which, with the Thicknefs of the 

 Hedge, kills them. 



Secondly, It muft not be laid too 

 high, becaufethis draws all the Sap 

 into the Plafj-ies, and fo caufes but 

 fmall Shoots at the Bottom, and 

 makes the Hedge fothin, that it will 

 neither hinder the Cattle from going 

 through, nor from cropping of it. 



V/hen the Shoot that is deiign'd 

 to be plaflied is bent, give it a 

 fmall Cut with a Bill, half through, 

 floping a little downwards, and- 

 then weave it about the Stakes, 

 and trim, off the fmall fuperfluous 

 Branches, that draggle too far out 

 on both Sides of the Hedges. 



If the Stubs are very old, cut 

 them quite down, and kcure them 

 with good dead Hedges on both 

 Sides, 'till the young Shoots are got 

 up tall enough to plaih, and plant 

 new Sets in the void Spaces. 



In making a Hedge, if it be fet 

 with Cra6 or u^pple Stocks, it will 

 be proper to leave one Handing un- 



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cut up at every ten, twelve, or 

 twenty Feet, on both Sides the 

 Hedge, if the Ground be your 

 own, which being done, they may 

 be fo ordered by pruning or ftake- 

 ing, that one may lean into one 

 Ground, and the other into ano- 

 ther, ^c. 



Thefe Stocks fhould be prun'd 

 up eve.-y Year, 'till they are brought 

 out of the Reach of the Cattle, and 

 then they may be grafted with the 

 Redflrtak, Geyinet-moyl, or what 

 other Fruit you pleafe. 



If the Stocks be of Apple Ker- 

 nels, they may fland ungrafted, and 

 they will yield very good Cyder 

 Fruit ,• but then fuch Stocks as arc 

 not grafted will be longer before 

 they bear; and alfo when you do 

 graft, you may be certain of your 

 K'nd ; but if you find a very natural 

 Stock, which by Leaf, Shoot, and 

 Bud appears likely, you may try it, 

 and {o you may have a new fine 

 Fruit, and if you do not like it, you 

 may graft it when you pleaie. 



As for the reft ox the Hedge, 

 when it has fhot three or four 

 Years, you may lay it to make a 

 Fence with, for the doing of which 

 take the following Divesftions j 



I ft. At every Laying to lay down 

 fome old PlaPaes, or if the Hedge be 

 thin, young ones ; but they muft 

 be fo laid, as to point with their 

 Ends to the Ditch Side of the Bank, 

 the Ends being kept low on the 

 Bank, by being fo ordered they 

 will the better thicken the Bottom 

 of the Hedge, and keep up the 

 Earth of the Bank. 



idly, To heighten the Bank every 

 Time you lay Earth on it, fo as to 

 cover the Layers all but the Ends i 

 this Earth will very much help the 

 Quick, and by heightning the Banks 

 and deepning the Ditch, you will 

 render the Fence the better. 



3dly, Not 



