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wood, and therefore ought to have their 

 bearers often renewed, and the old ftuds and 

 fliorteft horizontals taken away, and new 

 ones protured in their room ; w^hich may 

 eafily be done, where trees have been train- 

 ed up wTth ftrait ftems and regular hori- 

 :^ontals, when young. 



Cherry-trees don t require to have their 

 horizontals above half a yard diftant one 

 fet from another. 



The duke-cherry is naturally one of the 

 beft bearers, but Ihort-lived, unlefs the 

 branches are often renewed, and kept in a 

 horizontal pofition 3 alfo the mofs fhould 

 be clean rubbed off every winter, but at the 

 fame time, great care muft be taken not 

 to bruife the trees, for that caufes them to 

 gum, which is of bad confequence. 



The plum and almond muft be manag- 

 ed the fame in every refpect as the cherry. 



The quince and medlar muft be order- 

 ed like the apple, with this difference on- 

 ly, that their horizontals need not be more 

 than fifteen or fifteen inches afunder. 



Filberds require nothing more than the 

 former, and to have their branches kept 



out 

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