10 TREATISE ON THE CULTURE, &c. 



It happens to rain or fnow in the forepart of the night, and 

 freeze towards the morning, we find the drops hanging in 

 icicles on the mefhes, while the tree is almoft dry. 



When the fhoots become pretty long, and the leaves 

 expand to cover the fruit, it will be neceffary to keep the net 

 clear from the tree, by placing forked flicks, from fix inches 

 to a foot long, between it and the wall ; this will prevent 

 the fhoots and leaves from growing through the net. The 

 forked end of the flicks lhould reft againft the mefhes of 

 the net. 



A few trees for an early fupply may be planted on a South 

 afpec~l, according to the fize of the garden, and the demand 

 there may be for the fupply of the family ; but a Weft afpect 

 is far preferable for the general crop. Thofe who wifh for a 

 late fupply may have fome trees planted on an Eaft afpecl:. 



The Breda is the beft and the richeft-flavoured for a flan- 

 dard, although the BrufTels is frequently preferred ; but I 

 would by no means recommend planting more than three 

 trees of each fort in a garden, as flandards ; as it is not one 

 year in ten that a tolerable crop is produced from them. 



The Breda, the BrufTels, and the Moor-Park, fhould always 

 he planted on an Eaft or Weft afpecl. 



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