Of Propagating Fruit trees. 
Hay between the Tree and ftake, and plant¬ 
ing the ftake leaning towards the coaft you 
expeft the greateft Winds: but the continu¬ 
ing the Stakes for feveral years,mines many 
a good Tree, for the Tree will expert it 
always after; which weaknefs in a Tree 
may be remedied by lopping of it, and 
then let it ftand without (taking, and it 
will gather greater ftrength in the ground 
than before. 
Prune the Heads of fbme forts of Trees 
that have but fmall Pith, as Apple-trees , 
Pear-trees , Sec. when you remove them, to 
proportion the Branch and Root as near 
as you can: but Wall nut- trees , Cherry-trees , 
Plum-trees , Sec. that have a large Pith, are 
not to be top’d, onely fome of the Side- 
branches may be taken away. 
Plant all Trees as near as you can into 
a better Mold than the place you remove 
them from $ but if you cannot obferve this, 
yet mend the Earth in the Fofs wherein you 
plant your Tree, that it may by degrees be 
inured to a worfe Soil. 
If you have a defire to remove a Tree 
in the Summer-time, that you cannot ob- 
ta in at any other more convenient Seafon, 
take of the Earth you digged out of the 
r ofs you intend to plant your Tree in, and 
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