2i8 A TREATISE OF 

 very cankered ; likewife when they grow 

 too near together, many of the branches 

 being deprived of the benefit of the fun, 

 do not produce much fruit, and that very 

 fmall and ill tafted, and alfo fubject to be 

 beaten down by the winds. 



But when the branches of good kinds 

 are artfully fupported, they will produce 

 fruit both large and of a pleafant tafl:e, 

 without the help of a wall, provided no 

 extraordinary heat is required. The me- 

 thod generally ufed for this purpofe, is to 

 bring them to the form of a hedge, where- 

 by they are not only ferviceable in defend- 

 ing the quarters of a kitchen-garden from 

 fevere winds, but alfo prevents them from 

 being feen by perfons in the walks, which 

 are extremely pleafant, when the fruit- 

 trees are in bloffom. They may be fup- 

 ported in different manners, as every one 

 thinks proper ; fome ufe only common 

 hedge-ftakes, as being the leaft expenfive ; 

 but thefe are of fuch fliort duration, and 

 want fo often renewing, that they become 

 more chargeable in the end than the fol- 

 lowing method^ which is niuch better for 

 the trees. 



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