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 they grow upon; for if there be a flump 

 left, the wound does not fo foon heal over 

 as it would if it made a ftraight line with 

 the bark on each fide of it. 



SECT. XIII. 



Of Replanting fuch Standard Apple-Trees 

 as are come to bearing. 



A Tree of fix inches diameter may be 

 replanted with great fafety, admit 

 it be a healthy one ; but I choofe to omit 

 doing it the fame year its branches were 

 thinned, but prepare the roots and heads 

 for the purpofe, and let it remain there till 

 the next winter. 



For a tree of fuch a fize, there ought to 

 be roots left of a yard long on every fide, 

 and to fecure fuch there oug-ht to be a 

 trench made at that diftance all round it, 

 and fo deep and wide as a perfon may 

 work conveniently in it, to cut through 

 every root with a hatchet, fo that the tree 

 might be taken quite out, if defired. 



But when it is thus prepared, I would 

 only have it thrown upon its -fide, and all 

 the roots cut fmooth either with a chifiel or 

 knife, according as their ftrength requires; 



and 



