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 caufe the fruit to come out much earlier the 

 following fpring than thofe v/hich were left 

 open ; and thofe Fig trees which grow againft 

 efpaliers, fhould be loofened, and their branches 

 may be tied together, and covered with hay- 

 bands, ftt-aw, or Peas haulm, to protedl them 

 from froft ; by which management, a good crop 

 of Figs may be conftantly obtained. 



Such fruit trees as were planted the former 

 month for llandards (liould be carefully flaked, 

 and thofe againft walls and efpaliers m.uft be 

 faftcned thereto, to prevent their being difplaced 

 by the violence of the vt'ind, whereby their new 

 fibres, v/hich have been fent forth from their 

 roots fince they were planted, would be deftroy- 

 ed, to the great prejudice of the trees. You 

 muft a1fo obferve to lay fome mulch upon the 

 furface of the ground, about their roots (where 

 it has not been done already), to prevent the 

 froft from penetrating the ground to the roots 

 of the trees. 



The beginning of this month tranfplant fruit 

 trees upon a warm dry foil, if the weather is 

 mild ; but it would have been better done the 

 former month, becaufe the ground being then 

 v/arm, the trees put out fibres very foon aften 

 planting, v/hich ftrengthens them to endure 



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