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the young one naturally Hands in a poll- 

 tion more upright than the old ones, it 

 mufl: be confined lower, by a fmall flick 

 put over itj and under thofe two old ones 

 neareft. 



Likewife obferve, when you drefs the 

 trees in fpring, to clear all mofs from them ; 

 and by thefe rules a tree will be kept in 

 health for many years. 



The currants are to be ordered in all 

 refpeils like the goofcberry, but they will 

 not profper fo well in a very ftrong clay ; 

 there are various kinds, but the forts moil 

 valuable for common ufes are the white and 

 red Dutch : there is good wine made of 

 the black ones, befides both fruit and leaves 

 are of ufe in medicine. 



The ftrawberries upon the borders muft 

 be thinly planted, if good fruit of all kinds 

 be expected : they muft be at leaft a yard 

 from tiie trees, and if hautboys two feet 

 from each other, and of all other kinds 

 half a yard; the runners muft be pulled 

 off at their firft appearance, and no more 

 roots fuffered to grow than what are 

 planted. 



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