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Alter you have thus planted your 

 Trees, you fhould faften their Heads 

 to the Wall, to prevent their being 

 Ihaken by the Wind, which would 

 difturb their Roots, and break off 

 the tender Fibres foon after they 

 wrere produced, to the no fmall 

 Prejudice of the Trees : You {hould 

 alfb lay fome Mulch upon the Sur- 

 face of the Ground about their 

 Roots,' to prevent the Froft from 

 penetrating the Ground, which 

 would injure, if not dellroy the 

 fmall Fibres. 



Thei'e liiings being duly obfer- 

 ved, they will require no farther 

 Care *till the Icbruary following ; 

 towards the latter end of which 

 Month, or the beginning of March, 

 according as the Seafbn is earlier 

 or later, you muft cut off the 

 Heads of the new-planted Trees, 

 leaving only four or five Eyes a- 

 bove the Bud 5 in doing of which, 

 you muff be very carehil not to 

 difturb their Roots j to prevent 

 which, you fhould place your Foot 

 down dole to the Stem of the 

 Tree, arid take faff hold of that 

 Part of the Stock below the Bud 

 with one Hand, to hold it Heady, 

 while with the other H:;nd you 

 gently (lope off the Head of the 

 Tree wiih a fl^arp Knife at the in= 

 tended Place, which (V.ould always 

 be juff above an Eye: This fhould 

 always be done in dry Weather j 

 for if there iV.ou'd be much Rain 

 loon afrer it is done, the Wtt w.ll 

 enter the wounded Part, and da- 

 mage the Tree: Nor fhould it be 

 done in frofty Weather, for the 

 fame Rcaioni for that would en- 

 ter the wounded Part, and pre- 

 vent its healing over. After you 

 have headed the Trees, you fhould 

 gently loofen the Earth ol the Bor- 

 d^jrs, to admit the Fibres of the 

 Root 5 : but you mufl be very care- 



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fill, in doing of this, not to cut qr 

 bruife their new Roots, which 

 would alio damage them : ^nd if 

 the Mulch which was laid about 

 their Roots in Autumn, be rotted, 

 you may dig it into the Border at 

 fome Diftance from the Roots of 

 the Tr^es ; and when the dry Wea- 

 ther comes on, you fhould pare off 

 fome Turf from a Paflure Ground, 

 which fhould be laid upon the Sur- 

 face of the Border about the Roots 

 of the Trees, turning the Grafs 

 downwards, which will preferve a 

 gentle Moifture in the Earth better 

 than any other Sort of Mulch; and 

 this will not harbour Infedls, as do 

 mofl Sorts of Dung and Litter, to 

 the no fmall Detriment of the 

 Trees. 



In watering of thefe Trees, you 

 fliould oblerve to do it with a 

 NofTel upon the Watering-Pot, fa 

 as to let it out in Diops j for when 

 it is haftily poured down, it caufes 

 the Ground to bind ; and if you 

 water over the Head of the Tree, 

 it will be of great Service to it : 

 Your Waterings fhould not be re- 

 peated too often, nor fhould it be 

 given them in great Quantity, both 

 v/hich are very injurious to new- 

 planted Trees. 



In the Middle of May, when 

 thefe Trees will have feveral Shoots 

 fix or eight Inches in Length, you 

 fhould nail them to the Wall, ob- 

 ilrving to train them horizontally, 

 rubbing off all fore-right ShootSj 

 or fuch as are weak, whereby 

 thofe which are preferv'd will be 

 much ilrorger: But if there are 

 not more than two Shoots produ- 

 ced, and thofe very f^rong, you 

 fhould at the fame time nip off 

 their Tops, which will caufe each 

 of 'em to puih out two or more 

 Shoots, whereby the Wall will be 

 better fuppiy'd with Branches • Yoa 

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