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six years a new plantation should be made. To- 

 wards the end of autumn the leaves should be 

 mown, in order to give the young buds, which are 

 then forming for next year's growth, the benefit of 

 the free admission of light and of air. By the 

 time that you require a new plantation, some new 

 species will have got into vogue, and which, from 

 its newness or change of climate, perhaps will be 

 more productive than plants raised from those of 

 your own garden; and thus it is unnecessary to 

 particularise varieties, or to offer more than these 

 cursory remarks on the cultivation of this excellent 

 fruit. 



