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contrary to the general Pra^kice at 

 this Time: but I am fatisfied, who- 

 ever (hall try the Experiment, will 

 find it no more than is fufficient 

 for thefe Trees, where they are 

 rightly managed; for if they do 

 taSe kindly to the Soil, their Bran** 

 ches may be fo train'd, as to fur- 

 niih all the lower-part of the Wall 

 in a few Years 5 which is what 

 (hould be principally regarded, and 

 not. as is too often the Pradice, 

 run up the Shoots in Height, apd 

 leave all the lower Part of the Tree 

 ^eftitute of bearing Wood ; fo that, 

 in a few Years, there will not be 

 any Fruit but upon the upper Part 

 of the Trees: which alio muft be 

 the Cafe where they are planted 

 too cloici becaufe there being no 

 Room to extend the Branches on 

 either Side, they are obliged to lead 

 them upright, which produces the 

 bcfore-mention'd ill Ene^. 



And here I can't help taking no- 

 tice of another very great Error in 

 planting Wall-Fruit j which is, the 

 placing Standard, or Half-Standard 

 Trees, between the others, to co- 

 ver the upper Part of the Wall, 

 and to produce Fruit, until the 

 Trees underneath arc grown up 

 Sufficient to furnifh the Walls, when 

 the Standards are to be taken a- 

 way : This is done, without conii- 

 dcring that the greater Number of 

 Trees are planted in a fmall Com- 

 pafs, the lels Nouriftimcnt they can 

 receive, and fo, confequently, muft 

 be the weaker ; for the fame Space 

 of Ground can't nourifli twenty 

 Trees equally as well as it could 

 ten: So that whatever Strength 

 the Standard Trees may have, the 

 Dwarfs will be proportionably wea- 

 ker: And it is a common Obfer- 

 vation, that moft Trees extend 

 their Roots as far under-ground, as 

 their Branches ff read above-ground j 



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fo that there Ihould always be the 

 fame Allowance given to the Wall- 

 Trees, if we would have then| 

 ftrong and vigorous j therefore the 

 building very high Walls for Fruit 

 is to no Pur pole, for a ten or 

 twelve Foot Wall will be fufficient 

 for moft Sorts of Fruit. 



But to return to Planting : After 

 you have raark'd out the Places 

 where each Tree is to ftand, yoii 

 muft with your Spade make 2 

 Hole wide enough to receive the 

 Roots of the Tree i then you (houl4 

 place it down, oblerving to tura 

 the Bud outwards, that the wound- 

 ed Part pf the Stock may be hid, 

 and let the Stem of the Tree be 

 placed about four or five Inches 

 from the Wall, with its Head in^ 

 dining thereto; then fill in the 

 Earth with your Hands, obferving 

 to break the Clods, that the Earth 

 may fall in between the Roots, (a 

 as no void Spaces may be left a* 

 bout them. You (hould alfo gent- 

 ly Ihake the Tree with your Hands, 

 to fettle the Earth down the bet- 

 ter; then with your Foot gently 

 prefs down the Earth ajjout the 

 Stem ; but do not tread it dowi^ 

 too hard, which is many times a 

 very great Fault; for when the 

 Ground is inclinable to bind, the 

 treading of it clofe doth often ren- 

 der the Ground fo hard, as that 

 the tender Fibres ot the Roots can't 

 ftrike into it, whereby the Tree 

 remains at a Stand for fome Time; 

 and if the Earth be not loofen'd in 

 Time, it frequently dies; fo that 

 whenever you obferve the Earth ot 

 your Borders to be bound, either 

 by great Rains, or from any other 

 Caufe, you fliould dig and loofen it 

 again, oblerving always to do it in 

 dry Weather, if in Winter or 

 Spring; but in Summer it Ihould 

 be done in a moift Seafon* 



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