A treatise on the culture of the apple & pear, and on the manufacture of cider & perry / by T. A. Knight.

  • Knight, T. A. (Thomas Andrew), 1759-1838.
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the culture of the apple & pear, and on the manufacture of cider & perry / by T. A. Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    should be driven into the ground on each side of every tree. The small branches which defend the stems will require to be replaced every other year; but this will be done at a very trifling expence. When a plantation is to be made in pasture ground, timber-frames will be found necessary. The kind most in use at present is made with two flat posts placed with their wide surfaces parallel to each other at two feet apart, having boards nailed to their edges on each side with small distances between them. The trees are here perfectly protected from cattle; but when their branches extend themselves, and become agitated by the wind, the stems can scarcely escape being rubbed against the frames. Another, and I think, a much better kind of frame, is made with three posts placed triangularly round the tree, approaching each other at the roots and