A treatise on the culture of the apple and pear, and on the manufacture of cider and perry. [With a postscript concerning tithes] / [T.A. Knight].

  • Knight, T. A. (Thomas Andrew), 1759-1838.
Date:
1797
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the culture of the apple and pear, and on the manufacture of cider and perry. [With a postscript concerning tithes] / [T.A. Knight]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from the fame flock, and which con- ftitute no fmall part of the beauty of forefl trees. Should any valuable variety of the apple be retained in the ftate I have defcribed, 1 would recommend that its branches be ta- ken off every third or fourth year, and ufed for grafts, and that it be never fuffered to fulfil the inten- tions of nature by producing either fruit, or bloflbms : under this mode of treatment I have little doubt but that the fame variety might be pro- pagated through many centuries. It appears alfo probable that the latter period of the exigence of the apple-tree would be confiderably pro- C 4 longed