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performed with great Care and Di- 

 ligence, k is much better to have no 

 Covering , but trull to the Clemency 

 of the Seafon : for if the Coverings 

 are kept too clofc, or continued too 

 long, the Trees will receive more 

 Jnjury hereby, than from being con- 

 ftantly expo'icd ; or if after they 

 have been covered for fome time, 

 theyare then incautiouflyremoved, fo 

 as to expofe the Trees too fuddenly 

 to the open Air, they will fuffer 

 more thereby than if they had not 

 been covered : however, I muft re- 

 peat in this Place what has been be- 

 fore mentioned, under another Arti- 

 cle, of aManagement which has been 

 generally attended with Succefs ; 

 which is, The putting up two Fea- 

 ther-edge Deal-boards, joined toge- 

 ther, over the Top of L 9e Trees, fo 

 as to form a Penthcufe, to call off 

 perpendicular Wet : thefe fhould be 

 fixed up when the Trees begin to 

 bloffom, and fhould remain till the 

 Fruit is well fet, when they ihould 

 be taken do-.vn, to admit the Dew 

 and Rain to the Leaves and Branches 

 of the Trees, which muft not be 

 longer kept off : and where the 

 Wall is long, and is expofed to 

 Draughts or Currents of Wind, if 

 at the Difhr.ce of forty Feet from 

 each ether are fixed fome crofs 

 Reed-Sedges, to prcjecl about ten 

 Feet from the Wall, thefe will break 

 the Force of th e Wind, and prevent 

 its decoying of the Eloflbms; and 

 thefe may be removed away, as foon 

 as the Danger is over : where thefe 

 Things have been pra&ifed, they 

 were generally attended with Suc- 

 cefs ; and as there will be no Trou- 

 ble of covering and uncovering in 

 this Method, after they are fixed up, 

 there can be no Danger of Neglect, 

 as very often is the Cafe when the 

 Trouble is great, or to be often re- 

 peated. 



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When your Fruit is fet, and 

 grown to the Bignefs of a Small- 

 nut, you mould go over the Trees, 

 and thin them, leaving them at leaft 

 five or fix Inches afunder ; for when, 

 they are permitted to remain in 

 Bunches, as they are often produced, 

 the Nourishment which mould be 

 employed wholly to the Fruits de- 

 fign'd to ftand, will be equally fpent 

 amongft the whole Number^ a great 

 Part of which muft be afterward 

 pulled off ; fo that the fooner this 

 is done, the better it will be for the 

 remaining Fruit : and if k fhould 

 fometimes happen, that a Part of 

 thofe left, by any Accident, mould 

 be deftroyed, yet the remaining ones 

 will be much the larger and better- 

 tafted for it J and the Trees will 

 gain more Strength ; for a mode- 

 rate Quantity of Fruit is always 

 preferable to a great Crop ; the 

 Fruit, when but few, will be much 

 larger, better tafted, and the Trees 

 in a Condition to bear well the fuc- 

 cccuing Years : whereas when they 

 are overcharged with Fruit, it is al- 

 ways fmall, ill-tafted ; and theTrees 

 are generally fo much weakened 

 thereby, as not to be in a Condition 

 to bear well for two Years after : fo 

 that, upon the Whole, it is much 

 better to have a leffer Number of 

 Fruit than is commonly efteemed a 

 Crop, than to have too many ; fince 

 the Fruit, and alfo theTrees, are be- 

 nefited thereby. The Quantity of 

 Fruit to be left on large full-grown 

 Tr< c , mould never be greater than 

 five or fix dozen upon each ; but on 

 middling Trees, three or four dozen 

 will be enough. 



If the Seafon Ihould prove hot 

 and dry, it will be proper to draw 

 up the Earth round the Stem of each 

 Tree, to form an hollow Bafin, of 

 about fix Feet Diameter ; and cover 

 the Surface, of the Ground in this 



Bafin 



