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When any of the horizontals are can*. 

 kered, take off the rind as far as the quick, 

 and let all the mofs be clean fcraped off, 

 both from them and the ftem ; which may 

 beft be done in vv^et weather ; but if the 

 weather is dry at the time of dreffing, then 

 moiften the trees well with netting or brine, 

 and when the mofs is all taken off, wafu 

 them again with the fame fort of liquor, 

 which will prevent rnofs from growing up- 

 on them for the future 5 by this means the 

 eggs of caterpillars concealed in the cavi- 

 ties of the old bark, are in a great mea- 

 fure deftroyed. 



When a tree is too weak, fometimes 

 it may be ftrengthened by raifing earth 

 about the ftem. above the place where it 

 was propagated upon the ftock ; for the 

 upper part will make roots into it, which 

 may either be deftroyed after, or continued, 

 according as the ftrength of the tree re- 

 quires : I have found this method very fer- 

 viceable in preventing flioots from canker- 

 ing at their ends, and the fruit from being 

 ftony ; which often happens upon quince 



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