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tun down, and the ends of thofe you find too long, as alfo moft of 
the fmall threds where they grow too thick, Which done, the ground 
and place where they are to be planted being prepared, and wide 
holes opened, raife afmallhill in the centre thereof, whereon fer 
your tree, opening and fpreading the roots round about it; thenco- 
ver them with the beft earth, and fhake the tree that the roots lie not 
hollow, treading itdown to taftenthem, / 
Standards all know’ are to be fer upright, but if naturally they 
an any way, .let it be towards South-Weft, from whence the 
ftrongeft winds commonly proceed; thefe muft be fupported with 
{trong ftakes, that they be not toffed, but kept upright: wall-crees 
are to be placed at fuch diftance, as they may be leaned to the wall, 
and moft conveniently {pread and nailed thereunto, 3 
The beft time to plath, prune, and nail trees, is in Febrwary,after the 
great Frofts are paft, except Peaches and Neéforins, which being cut 
before the rifing of the fap, are apt to dye after the knife,and fo ftump 
and deform the Tree, therefore fuch muft be left untill they begin to 
put forth buds and bloffoms, Spread the boughs and branches upon 
the wall, like the ribs of a Screen fan, or the fingers of your hand 
difplayed , and let not one crofs the other, leaving no place bare ; 
fuch as will not come handfomely to the wall, muft be cut off clofe 
to the ftock, and theends of the {mall branches, clofe behind a leaf 
bud; andin Sommer when they put forch new wood , ruboff fuch 
buds , as growing may deform the Tree, after Mid/omer youmuft 
give your Trees a fecond pruning, by cutting away the new lances, to 
ive Sun and Air to the fruits, co caufe them to ripen, and be well co- 
ees. dependeth much onthe difcretion of 
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is to confider the growth of every Tree, and what 
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may moft conveniently be taken away, without leaving the walls too 
bare, The well and feafonable pruning of Treesin Sommer, will 
caufe them to fet thick with Fruic-buds, and bear plentifully; and if 
coomany, cutoff rhe fmalleft, leaving fomanyas the Tree may be 
well able to nourifh and bring to perfection, 
There are many other obfervations abou fruit Trees , but thefe in- 
ferted are the moft effential, which together with what you will find at 
the end of every Chapter, where each particular is defcribed , may 
be fufficient to inform all fuch as defire to be Planters , befides their 
own practice will every year inform them, Experience being the beft 
: utor, * 
. _Iconfefs I might have {pared part of this pains, by referring the 
aders unto two little Books, long fince written in French, and 
ow lately tranflated into Englifh, and fome others good in their 
ds; yet in re{pect of us, and our Climate, very deficient (as all I 
have feen are) which defeéts I have endeavoured to fupply, and to 
make this work as abfolute as J was able, in directing the choice of 
Particulars, as well as the orderof their propagation, 3 
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