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The Copy of a Letter from my Correfpon- 
dent, the Devonjhire Planter and Cyderift, 
fhewing a more particular Management of 
their Apple-Trees than what has before 
been written, by forcing their Heads to 
grow in the beft Fruit. 
S I R, 
S I live on the Edge of the Southerns 
in Devonjhire , I have farther to ac- 
“ quaint you, that in thefe Parts they are 
“ more than ordinary diligent in the Improve- 
<c ment of Apple-Trees, as thefe beyond all 
<c other Fruit-Trees tend moft to their Advan- 
st tage ; for which Reafon their Practice comes 
cc more and more into Requeft; and, I think, 
“ I may fay with many others of the like ex- 
“ perienced Knowledge, that Devonflrire in ge- 
u neral, for good Cyder, exceeds all other Parts 
<c of England: Not but that SomerfetJ/nre and 
“ HerejordJJdire afford great Quantities of good 
<c Cyder ; but in thefe it is not fo rich, flrong and 
<c palatable; the chief Reafons of which, I think, 
“ are, jirjl y by our particular Sorts of Fruits; 
** and.fecondly, by our particular Management. 
<c In thefe Parts, it is thought that hardly any 
“ Tree requires more frequent Improvements 
* c than the Apple-Tree, if the greateft Succefs 
“ is expedied ; and this not only by the good 
Management of their Roots, butalfo by their 
^ Heads, for that one without the other is to 
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