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The ft^ndards plant twenty to thirty feet 

 tliftance, and permit them to branch out in 

 their natural growth, without any other 

 pruning than to cut out any very irregular 

 growing branches, or to thin out fome, where 

 ccnfufedly thick, and decayed wood. 



For wall trees, plant Ibme early May cherry, 

 a larger portion of the May-duke, arch-duke, 

 |ind other duke kinds, Harrifon's and other 

 heart cherries, carnation cherry, and a good 

 fupply ofmorellos, as room of walling admits ; 

 fome of each on South walls, for early and 

 well-flavoured fruit; others on Weft and Eail 

 )ft^alls, to ripen large fruit in fuccelTion ; and 

 fome on North walls, for lateil: fruit, particu- 

 larly of the morello, to continue till Septem- 

 ber, &c. planting the trees of the feveral va- 

 rieties about fifteen to eighteen feet diftance, 

 and the branches trained in principally at their 

 full length, horizontally, three to four or five 

 'inches afiindcr ; and, according as they ex- 

 ^tend in length, lay them along accordingly, 

 Without fhortening : and the trees will require 

 ^pruning every Summer and Winter. A Sum-* 

 tner pruning to difplace the ill-placed and 

 fuperabundant young wood of each year ; and 

 'a Winter pruning, to make ajiy nee eilary re- 

 gulation among the principal branches, where 

 ' iny is in a bad Hate, unfruitful or decayed, 

 and to leave young fupplies where needful ; 

 and to prune out the unneceflary and ufelefs 

 ■ fhoots, &c. obferving in the morello cherry 

 . particularly, as it bears on the young wood, to 

 ^ leave plenty of the laft Sumn^.er's flioots,— 

 ''''After pruning, let all the branches be regularly 

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