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coming out at that height, and to plant occafion- 

 ally between the common dwarf wall trees to 

 cover the upper part while the dwarfs are ad- 

 vancing belov ; and tall lUndard wall trees, 

 with ftems of five or fix feet, or more, the 

 branches commencing at that height from the 

 ground, and are fometimes planted againll 

 high walls between the dwarf trees and half 

 ftandards, to occupy the iippermofl part of 

 the wall a few years till the others advance 

 iufficiently, are then either pruned up by 

 degrees to ,give room for the others, or re- 

 moved entirely away ; and thefe tall ftandard 

 wall trees are alfo planted occafionally againft 

 the ends of buildings, &c. in expofed places, 

 that by elevating the head of branches a con- 

 iiderable height from the ground, the fruit is 

 more out of the reach of being gathered by 

 Grangers, or other perfons who have no right 

 to the produdl. 



But in planting wall trees, always plant 

 the common or dwarf kinds for the prin- 

 cipal continuing rifidents, at from fifteen to 

 eighteen or twenty feet dilUnce according to 

 the different Pjrts, as explained under their 

 refpe6tive heads, and between the dwarfs, 

 half ftandard wall trees may be planted where 

 thought eligible, to have all parts of the walls 

 occupied as expeditioufly as poffible ; and in 

 all of which the branches lliould be trained in 

 a fanned fpreading order, extending to the 

 right and left, and trained horizontally to the 

 wall, in the moll regular order, four to five, 



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