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ing, I doubt much, whether any further protection would be 

 necessary for trees not exceeding the height of five feet. 

 That this, or some similar mode of cultivating the Apricot, 

 has not been tried, (and I believe none ever has) has long 

 appeared to me somewhat extraordinary : and I therefore 

 recommend the experiment, which I cannot myself properly 

 try, to those Members of our Society, who are more fortu- 

 nately circumstanced, relative to climate, with the most 

 perfect confidence of its success in all seasons, which do not 

 prove more than ordinarily unfavourable. 



