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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    2£ each effort of nature will be infe- rior to the preceding; for timber trees, which have fprung from the ftools of an old coppice, are always obferved to attain a fmall ftature, W'ith an early maturity and decay. I believe this obfervation may be extended to every kind of tree, and that the Elm and Poplar, which are now propagated by layers and cut- tings, would attain a much larger ftature, if raifed immediately from feed. The trees thus produced would have the advantages .of a greater vari- ety of form, and of tints in the fpring and autumn foliage, which are always wanting in thofe raifed