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by which Fruit-Trees often fuffer very much, 
in having their Fruit blown down before, or 
near ripe, efpecially when the Tree is very full 
of Apples. The right Shape of a full-grown 
Apple-Tree fhould therefore have its firfl Boughs 
or Branches lpread at four Foot and a half from 
the Ground, and all the reft kept in a regular 
Diftanceand Form from each other in a horizon- 
tal fpreading Order, fothat the Trees uppermoft 
Shoots of all fhould not be above twenty Foot 
high, which may with Care be eafily done by 
the Pruning-Knife, if made ufe of in due Time, 
It is a Rule with us, that if an Orchard is not 
fituated very low, or that if the Apple-Trees 
are not kept in a low fpreading Growth, and 
well fheltered, they feldom anfwer to Profit, 
And it may be made a true Obfervation, that 
the lower an Orchard lies, it will hit, when 
another higher fituated mifles. It may be alfo 
truly faid, that Blights feldom do half the Da- 
mage to fuch a low fituated or well fheltered 
Orchard, as they do to others that have neither 
of thefe two Advantages. 
N. B. Nothing is more prejudicial to Apple- 
Trees, than to let upright Shoots grow in them 
from their middle Part; *tis therefore we keep 
the Middle of the young Tree as open as may 
be; and indeed this fhould be daily obferved, 
if a Tree is expedted to be a great Bearer ; for, 
for Want of this good Management (which is 
a common Error) Thoufands of Trees bear the 
lefs Fruit. 
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