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not been addressed to our Cider Growers, 
particularly in the enlightened County of 
Devon, developing a more regular, syste¬ 
matic, and consequently beneficial Plan 
of Management, than that too generally 
followed. 
On almost every Farm in Devonshire, 
there is a sufficiency of Orchards to pro¬ 
duce in what are vulgarly called “Good 
bearing Years,” enough Cider to pay more 
than the Rent of the whole Farm, although 
their extent shall not exceed from one- 
thirtieth to one-tenth of its measurement. 
This “Good bearing Year” is looked 
for about once in Three Years, and is regu¬ 
larly waited for by the Farmer as a matter 
of course,—he, taking few, if any, steps 
beyond a very moderate Dressing, in quan¬ 
tity far less than he would apply to a 
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