FRUIT-TREES. 219 



In the firfl: place, pofts of oak or elm, 

 about fix inches fquare, and thirty long, 

 covered with pitch, muft be fet in the 

 ground about twenty inches deep 5 and to 

 the top of every one of thefe pofts there 

 muft be a ftandard of oak or fir fixed ; if 

 of oak, about three inches fquare will be 

 ftrong enough, and the fame height you 

 intend your efpaliers to be, which fhould 

 not be more than kvQn feet; for when 

 they are higher they are frequently da- 

 maged by the winds ; but if they be of fir, 

 they ought to be four inches fquare at 

 leafl : then betwixt every one of thefe 

 flandards there muft be two rails of about 

 three inches fquare, mortifed to the fland- 

 ards, one about two feet above ground, 

 and the other about a foot below the tops 

 of the ftandards ; after this, ftraight rods 

 of hafle, or young afh-trees, or any other 

 fort of light wood, muft be fixed to the 

 rails, about nine inches afunder (on the 

 fame fides as the trees are to be planted) 

 in an upright pofition from the ground, 

 and as high as the tops of the pofts and 

 the v/hole frame is painted ; it will lafl much 

 longer, and be lefs fubjeft to caterpillars. 



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