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tree ro\ 'lion in gardens and orchards, cither 

 principtitiy in ilandards, or (ome ailb in cijpa- 

 1>;S for greater variety, and to have t^e 



I of improved fize and flavour r planted, 



ftiindard trees twenty or thirty feetaiundcr, 

 ^ the elpaliers liltcen or eighteen feet d;f- 



>e ^ and in both of which, managed as for 



'es and pears. 



The trees bear the fruit inoflly upon fmall 

 .ural fpur^, in the manner of apples-and 



rs ; and therefore a fimilar mode of cul- 

 ture, in pruning, training, &c. is applicable 

 10 the medlars. 



rhey c'ire propagated and ra'fed by grafc- 

 . ^ orbiicding the ap.pro\ed forts upon med- 

 lar or pear Hocks, f..r half or full itan4ards 

 and efpalters, in the manner advifed for pears 

 and apples, as above-mentioned, traming the 

 young trees in the fame method ; and when 

 they are furnifhed with a head of branches, 

 two or three to four or live years old, are of a 

 prQper age for planting them where they are 

 to remain, and will fcon comirence bearing. 



The trees, in either of the above methods 

 of training, maybe planted in any con.mon 

 Ibil of a garden or orchard ; and the planting 

 maybe performed in the common feafon, any 

 time from the decay of the leaves in Autumn, 

 till March, in open weather, at the dillances 

 before mentioned. 



I'he fruit continues in growth till Oc^pber. 

 When .u attains full maturity, fho uld be ga- 

 thered and houfcd, and in which, as they are 

 hard aud auilere when iirft gathered, rec^uire 



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