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they fliall be well maintained, are content 

 to ferve for fmall wages ; (which makes 

 others lefs efteemed, whofe ikill and under- 

 jUanding is much fuperior, becaufe they 

 expeft better pay, and perhaps are lefs la- 

 borious in digging, &c.) Such young men 

 are very proper fervants for thofe gentlemen 

 who are fkilled in gardening, and chufe to 

 give direftions, but not forfuch as do not 

 underftand it, or will not be at the trouble 

 of direfting ; tho' many are defirous to 

 hire their fervants as cheap as poiTibly they 

 can. 



I am much againfl: deftroying of old trees 

 if they be tolerably healthy, becaufe the 

 planting of young ones in a proper man- 

 ner is expenfive, as old borders for that 

 purpofe ought to be trenched all over ; and 

 after that is done, admit the trees thrive 

 well, they can't be brought to bear a large 

 quantity of fruit fo early as the others. 



If an old tree be of a good kind, it 

 may be brought to bear good fruit by the 

 rules I fhall hereafter lay down for prun- 

 ing ; admit the foil it grows in is fuitable ; 

 and if not, k may be improved by the 



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