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four leet long^ before they are brought 

 quite fo low) about half a yard from the 

 ground. Thefe have two advantages of 

 the other, firft, by being fo much lower, 

 they are lefs expofed to the winds; and if 

 the ground under them be kept clear from 

 weeds, it reflefts a greater heat to the 

 fruit. 



I have feen great crops of pears, apples, 

 plums, and cherries, upon horizontal 

 dwarfs, which I think is the moft proper 

 fhape for trees of this fort. 



Tho* I have direfted thefe dwarf-trees 



to be planted twenty feet afunder, or more, 



yet I don't mean to have them extended 



until they reach one another 3 for there 



Ihould be left a fpace four feet wide round 



every tree, to take a barrow on, either to 



carry weeds away or bring manure. They 



"ought to have their winter-pruning as 



V foon as they have fhed their leaves, and 



>the. ground under them cleared of weeds 



land all manner of filth, and then covered 



over with coal-aflies one fourth of an inch 



thick : this will add falts to the foil, and 



dry the furface, both which are of great 



advantage to the fruit. 



The 



