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c< and the Underleaf Apple-Trees, they hope 
tc to enjoy the beft Cyder in the whole World : 
“ And indeed, I rauft own, that they are very 
c< likely to obtain much of their End ; for I 
“ was told by an Irijh Knight in London , that 
<c he thought the Cackagee Apple, or, as it is 
<c called by fome, the Irijh Crab, yields a 
“ Juice little inferior to Canary Another 
“ Gentleman likewife, who was lately a Mem- 
“ ber of Parliament, and has now much Or- 
“ charding in the Weft of England \ allured 
“ that the Cackagee Apple is of fo auftere and 
“ rough a Nature, that none will eat it raw ; 
<c yet makes a fuperior Cyder of a yellowifh 
c< Colour, and of a mellowifh, Rhenijh Wine 
<c Tafte. But however their Comparifons a- 
“ gree, it is certainly fuch an excellent Sort, 
“ that no Cyder Plantation fhould be without 
“ thefe Trees.” 
The Southams Method of improving the Heads 
of Apple-Threes to great Advantage . — Great 
Regard is had in this Country to this Piece 
of good Hufbandry, in keeping the Heads 
of Fruit-Trees in due Order, fo that one 
Shoot or Branch do not interfere with, or gall 
another; for if they did, one would cripple 
the other, and greatly damage the Tree. We 
likewife always oblerve, and endeavour to make 
the Heads of Apple-Trees fpread as much as 
poffible, becaufe the Fruit is thereby much lefs 
expofed to the Mifehief of boifterous Winds, 
