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one ftem, like thofe planted againft walls. 

 Inftead of nailing them in fummer to the 

 frame, whilft the branches are tender, they 

 may be tied with ftrings of garden-mats ; 

 but in winter, the Dutch ofier is better for 

 this purpofe. The trees ought to be let 

 loofe from the frame early in the winter, 

 that they may have the benefits of the rains 

 and fnows before pruning. 



CHAP. LXXVII. 



How Apples in Efpaliers are to be pruned, 



APPLES defign'd for efpaliers Ihould 

 not be propagated on crab-flocks ; 

 but either upon paradife, creepers, or cod- 

 lin-ilocks. 



A regular cutting of apple-trees makes 

 great improvement in the fruit, both as to 

 fize and tafle -, efpecially, the choiceii forts 

 of table-fruit, which, I think, ought to 

 be planted in gardens only, and not in 

 open orchards -, and, it is for that reafon 

 I have included fo many of them in my 

 plan of a kitchen-garden. 



The 



