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temperature ; but, nevertheless, there are situations 

 in which single trees, particularly such whose growth 

 is tall and aspiring, will best pay the planter and the 

 community. When the branches of a single tree are 

 raised moderately high from the ground by the length 

 of the stem, the whole of the herbage beneath it re- 

 ceives, during some part of the day, the full influence 

 of the sun ; and it is in consequence as readily eaten 

 by stock of every kind, as the produce of any other 

 part of the field. There are instances in which five 

 or six trees, regularly dispersed over an acre of pas- 

 ture, have been highly beneficial ; and Mr. Knight 

 never saw any instance in which such a number has 

 been any way injurious. Six of such trees, where 

 the ground is good, and the variety properly chosen, 

 will annually afford a produce of more than a hundred 

 gallons of cider, which will generally be found to ex- 

 ceed in value the rent of the ground which produced 

 it. Where the mode of cultivation will admit, the 

 rows should always extend from north to south, as in 

 this direction each part of the tree will receive the 

 most equal portions of light and heat. {Knight on 

 the Apple f 74.) 



At the time of planting, trim any broken roots, but 

 leave all the others entire. And, as soon as planted, 

 let every one be well staked, to support them firmly 

 upright, and prevent their being disturbed in rooting 

 by winds. Let them also, in future, advance with all 



