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And the Piers in thefe high Walls 

 fhould alfo be proportionally Wrong- 

 er than is commonly ailow'J to low- 

 er Wajls ; for as thefe will be much 

 more expofed to ftrong Gales of 

 Wind, if they are not well built, 

 they will be in Danger of being 

 blows down. Therefore the Piers 

 of thefe Waiis &ouJjd be projected 

 the Length of a Brick: on their 

 Back -fide, and the Thicknefs of a 

 Brick on their Front : and if thefe 

 are built about ten or twelve Feet 

 .afunder, they will greatly ftrengthen 

 the Wails. 



But there is no Neceffity of build- 

 ing Walls higher than nine or ten 

 Feet, unlefs it be for Pears, which, 

 if properly manag'd, will fpread 

 over a great Compafs of Walling ; 

 but as only fome of the lateft Win- 

 ter-pears require the Alliance of a 

 Wall, there need no more but that 

 Part of the Wall where thefe are de- 

 iign'd, to be builthigher; forPeaches 

 and Nectarines never require a Wall 

 gher than nine or ten Feet, pro- 

 vided they are rightly manag'd ; be- 

 caufe, whenever they are carried to 

 greater Height, the lower Part of 

 the Wall is unfurniihed with bearing 

 Branches. And altho' Apricots, 

 urns, and Cherries, will frequent- 

 grow higher ; yet if they are plantr 

 at a proper Diilance, and the 

 ranches trained horizontally from 

 ne Bottom, they will not foon cover 

 Wall of this Height: and Vines 

 ay be kept as low as any Sort of 

 ruit ; for when they are planted 

 ainft low Walls, they mult be 

 eated fomewhat after the fame 

 danner.as thofe in Vineyards ; which 

 to cut out the greateft Part of the 

 ood which produc'd Fruit the pre- 

 ding Year, and train in new 

 loots for the next Year's Bearing, 

 hich. are rarely left a Yard in 



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Length ; therefore will not require 

 very high Walls. 



if the Pears which are defign'd to 

 be planted, are allow'da South-welt 

 Afpect, on which they will ripen 

 very well; then the Wall to this 

 Afpecl mould be built fourteen Feet 

 high or more ; for as thefe Trees 

 fpread very far, when on Free- 

 itocks, they mould not be ftiorten'd, 

 nor' flopped in their Growth, which 

 will prevent Bearing, by cauf- 

 ing them to fend out a Num- 

 ber of grofs luxuriant Shouts, which 

 will never produce Fruit : therefore 

 thefe fhould never be planted amonglt 

 other Sorts of Fruit-trees, which are 

 of fmaller Growth; bccaufe then the 

 Walls muft appear very unfightly, 

 in having fome Trees planted more 

 than double the Diilance which the 

 others require ; fo that as there is 

 no other Sort of Fruit which requires 

 the Afhftance of Walls to ripen their 

 Fruit, which need fo great room for 

 fpreading, as Pears, except it be 

 Figs ; there will not require a great 

 Quantity of high Walls ; for the lat- 

 ter may be planted againft the Back- 

 walls of Offices or Stables, where 

 there is Conveniency, becaufe this 

 Fruit is feldom coveted by Servants ; 

 and being planted in Places which 

 are much frequented, they will not 

 be in fo much Danger of being de- 

 •ltroyed by Birds, as thofe which are 

 in private Places. But T (hall now 

 proceed to give fome Directions for 

 the building of Hot-walls, to pro- 

 mote the ripening of Fruity which 

 is now pretty much praclis'd in Eng- 

 land. 



In fome Places thefe Walls are 

 built at a very great Expence, and 

 fo contriv'd as to confume a great 

 Quantity of Fuel ; but where thi-y 

 are judicionfly built, the firft Ex- 

 pence will not be near fo great, nor 

 5 C 2 will 



