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which have been recently planted, having been slackened, it 
wants, especially at this period, to be gently excited by mo¬ 
tion. 
It is principally to these three causes, namely, the use of 
the above composition, the stones, and the motion, that I at¬ 
tribute the preservation of one of my orchards, which consists 
of thirty-six apple-trees. Although it had been planted in 
the spring of 1803, on a high gravelly ground, and exposed to 
the sun hear, it withstood, without being watered, the heats 
and the drought of the next summer, which was remarkable 
for the intenseness of the one, and the long continuance of 
the other. I lost but one foot, while, with some of my neigh¬ 
bours^ more than half failed. 
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