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c< any Malt-Liquor Calk, nor yet into a new 
f€ Cafe, till it is well foaked with Water; I 
<£ mean often repeated. The Gardener told 
tc me, that the Reafon of your Cyder being 
V four is, that you do not hinder the Fermen- 
" tation by early and frequent Rackings ; for 
“ by this Method, he fays, he fines his in a 
c *' Week, or a Fortnight at farthefl” 
Of the Situation of Land 7720ft proper for an 
Orchard , and the Method of defending it againft 
blighting Winds ; by a Devon (hire Cy derift, — 
The Land for this Purpofe cannot lie too low, 
nor too much fheltered in an inland Country, 
efpecially from the Eaflerly Winds. The 
fame as to that Land lying near the Sea from 
the South and South- Weft Winds; becaufe, 
in thefe Situations, the Winds are accounted 
the principal Caufe of blighting the Trees, 
or their Fruit. The firfl is thought to bring 
over the narrow Sea between England and Hoi - 
land , &c. Swarms of imperceptible Eggs or 
Infeds in the Air, from the vail Trads of low, 
Vale, Tartarian and other Lands, to fettle on 
their proper Gbjeds for their Subfiftence and 
Breed, and for increafing their Species, which 
are commonly on Standard and Wall-Fruit 
Trees. Hence, and from Mildews, proceed 
thofe infinite Numbers of Lice, Flies, Bugs, 
Caterpillars and Cobwebs, &c. on Trees; 
therefore Shelters from thefe are perfedly ne- 
oeffary ; and of all Shelters, the mod durable, 
and 
