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Efpalter frees fhould rather be trained to Jawed ma- 

 terials properly framed together, fmoothed and painted. 

 But for a year or two, they may ' be fattened to light 

 flakes, when they will have formed a head, to begin 

 to train them forbearing in the neat manner propofed ; 

 i. e. to Hips of deal joined to light oak polls as trelli/ej* 

 Whether the flips be placed perpendicularly, or longi- 

 tudinally, feem indifferent. If the longitudinal mode 

 of training be the beft approved, ftrong iron wire 

 may be recommended to run through the ports, in- 

 ftead of flips of wood, as it fhades lefs and is ftronger 

 and neater. If upright flips are ufed, they mould 

 be flender, and trom fix to eight inches diftance, 

 according to the greater or lefs freedom of the 

 natural growth of the tree. The height may be alfo 

 according to the nature of the tree, from five to flic 

 feet; and it will not anfwer to have them lower. Only 

 a moderate length of trellis fon each hand) need be 

 fixed at firft, and fo additions made as the tree extends. 

 The pofts maybe about four feet afimder, the firft 

 on each hand being two feet, or a yard, from the ft em 

 of the tree. 



Apples fhould be allowed twenty-four feet and pears 

 thirty; except thofe grafted on paradife or quince 

 flocks, for which lit tie more than half this diftance 

 may do. Cherries and Plums fhoukl have about 

 eighteen or twenty feet allowed them. Quinces, medlars, 

 .mulberries, and filberds may alfo be efpaliered. The 

 trees fhould be planted about a yard from the edge, but 

 farther off -were better, if the walks lie deep of gravel 

 or poor materials. 



The Breda, and Brujfeh apricots, have fueeeeded 

 in efpaliers, as alfo in dwarf and full ftandards ; but 

 the general climate of the place muff be mild, and the 

 fituation they are planted in muff be very funny and 

 well flickered : The fruit from ftandard apricots is very 

 fine, and abundant; but they come not to bearing 

 under feveral (fonaetimes ten, or twelve} years. 



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