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it mud be done in the fame manner 

 as hath been already directed for the 

 Kfpalier-trees : and in pruning their 

 Head?, little more is necefTary than 

 to cut out fuch Branches as are ill 

 placed, or that crofs each other: 

 for I do not approve the heading of 

 them down, as is by fome often 

 pra&ifed, to the Lofs of many of 

 their Trees. 



The Diltance which thefe Trees 

 fhould be planted, where the Soil is 

 good, mult be fifty or fixty Feet ; and 

 where the Soil is not fo good, forty 

 Feet may be fufiicient : but nothing 

 can be of worfe Confequence, than 

 the crouding Trees too clofe toge- 

 ther in Orchards : and altho' there 

 may be fome who may imagine this 

 Diitance too great, yet I am fure, 

 when they have thoroughly confi- 

 der'd the Advantages attending this 

 Practice, they will agree with me: 

 nor is it my own Authority ; for in 

 many of the old Writers on this Sub- 

 ject:, there is often mention made of 

 the Necefuty for allowing a proper 

 Diltance to the Fruit-trees in Or- 

 chards ; particularly in Aufen, who 

 fays, He jhculd chcofe to prefcribe the 

 planting thcfe Trees fourteen or fixteen 

 Yards afunder ; for both Trees and 

 Fruits have tna?iy great Advantages, 

 if planted a good Diftance one from 

 another. One Advantage he men- 

 tions is, The Sun refrejhes emery 

 Tree, the Roots,, Body, and Branches, 

 with the Bloffoms and Fruits ; w here- 

 by Trees briig forth more Fruits y and 

 thofe fairer and bi tter. Another Ad- 

 vantage he mentions is, That when 

 Trees are planted at a large Difance, 

 much Proft may be made of the Ground 

 under and ahcut thefe Trees, by cultiva- 

 ting Gar der.- faff, commodious as well 

 for Sale as Hcufekcping ; as a If:, Gocf- 

 berrii s.R' fberries ,CurransandStrc<w- 

 berries, mcy be there planted. Again 

 he fays, When IreCs have room to 



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fprcad, they will grow very large 

 and great ; and the Confequences of 

 that will be, not only Multitudes of 

 Fruits, but alfo long-lafling ; and thefe 

 two are no fmall Advantages : for, 

 fays he, Men are miftuken, when, they 

 fay, The more Trees in an Orchard, 

 the more Fruits : for one or two large 

 c lrees, which have room to fprtad, 

 will bear more Fruits than fix or ten 

 (it may be) of thofe that grow near 

 together, and croud one another . Again 

 he fays, Let Men but obferve, and 

 take Notice of fome Apple-trees, that 

 grow a great Difiance from other 

 i rees, and have room enough to fpread 

 both their Roots and Branches ; and 

 they fhall fee, that one of thofe Trees 

 ( being come to full Growth ) hath a 

 larger Head, and more Boughs and 

 Branches, than ( it may be ) four, or 

 fix, or more, of thofe which grow 

 near together, altho" of the fame 



And Mr. Lawfon, an antient Plan- 

 ter, adviles to plant Apple - trees 

 twenty Yards afunder. As the two 

 Authors above quoted have written 

 the belt upon this Subject, and feem 

 to have had more Experience than 

 any of the Writers I have yet feen, 

 1 have made ufe of them, as Au- 

 thorities to confirm what 1 have ad- 

 vanced : tho' the Fact is fo obvious 

 to every Perfon who will make the 

 leait Reflection, that there needs na 

 other Proof. 



When the Trees are planted, they 

 mould be ftaked, to prevent their 

 being fhaken or blown out of tho 

 Ground by ftrong Winds : but in 

 doing of this, there fhould be par- 

 ticular Care taken, to put either 

 Straw, Hay bands, or Woollen Cloth, 

 between the Trees and the Stake?, 

 to prevent the Trees from being 

 rubbed and bruifed, by the fnaking 

 againlt the Stakes ; for if thejr Bark 

 lhould be rubbed off, it will occa- 



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