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may be a young branch or a bunch of 

 fruit faved by it, which otherwife would 

 certainly have been deftroyed. Whoever 

 does this work as often as it is required, 

 will never have much of their fruit deftroy- 

 ed by fuch infe6ls ; which, by long expe- 

 rience, I know to be more defi:ru6live to 

 the fore-mentioned fruits, than any other 

 caufe that happens in the fpring ; though 

 many will attribute the fcarcity of fruit 

 to blaft, or lightening, or the branches 

 being fun-burnt, which are the common 

 conftruftions put upon the effefts of thofe 

 infefts. 



CHAP. XCIV. 



How to preferve Fruit upon Standard 

 Trees from being deftroyed by Caterpil- 

 lars. 



WHEN ftandard-trees are properly 

 ordered with cutting and drefiing, 

 they will not be much fubjeft to be infecled 

 with caterpillars j for thofe trees that are 

 not dreft at all, taking off the old rind, and 

 cleanfing the cankered parts, deftroy many 



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