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a The ordering of the Orchard, — 
that doe appoint, that where euerytree fhould bee fet, you onely digge that place 
to make it- good : but you muft know, that the rootes of trees runne further after 
alittle times ftanding , thenthe firft compaffe they are fet in ; and therefore a little 
compafle of ground can miintaine them butalitcle while, and that when the rootes 
areruane beyond that {mall compaffe wherein they were firft fet, andthat they are 
cometothe barren orbad ground, they can thriue no better then if they had beene fet 
in that ground at the firft, andif you fhould'afterwards digge beyond that compaffe, 
~~» intending to make the ground better furtheroff, youfhould much hurt the {preading 
~. rootes, and putyour trees in danger: the fituation of hils in many places is grauelly 
or chalky, which isnot good for trees, becaufethey are bothtoo ftonie, and lacke 
mellow earth, wherein a tree doth moft ioy and profper, and want moifture alfo 
(whichisthe life of all trees) becaufe of the quicke defcent of raine to the lower 
rounds : and befidesallthefe inconueniences there is one more; your trees planted 
either oa hils or hill fides, are more fubieé to the fury and force of windes to be ouer- 
turned, then thofethat growe in the lower grounds ; forthe ftrongeft. and moft forci- 
ble windes come not viually out of the North Eaft parts, where you prouide beft de- 
fence, but from the South and Weft, whence you lookefor the .beft comfort of the 
Sunne. To helpe therefore manie of theinconueniences of the hils fides , it were fit 
to caufe manieleauelsto bee made thereon, by raifing the lower grounds with good 
earth, and fuftaining them with bricke or ftone wals, which although chargeable, will 
counteruaile your coft, befide the pleafure ofthe walkes, and profpect of fo worthy 
aworke. Theplaine or leuell grounds asthey arethe moft frequent, fothey are the 
moft commendable foran Orchard, becaufe the moulds or earths are More rich, or 
may better and fooner be made fo ; and therefore the profits arethe more may be rai- 
 fedfromthem. A ftiffe clay doth nourifh trees well, by reafon it containeth moi- 
fture ; but in regard of the coldneffethereof, it killeth for the moft partall tenderand 
early thingstherein: fea-coleafhes therefore, bucke afhes, ftreete foyle, chaulke after 
it hath lyen abroad and been broken with many yeares frofts and raine, and theepes 
dung, arethe moft proper and fitteft manureto helpe thiskindeof foyle. The dry 
fandy foile,and gravelly ground are onthe contrary fideas bad,by reafon of toomuch 
_ heateand lacke of moifture: the dung of kine or cattellin good quantity beftowed 
thereon, will much helpethem. Theamending or bettering of other forts of grounds 
is fet down toward the end of the firft Chapter of the firft part of this worke, where- 
vato I will referre you, not willing to repeateagainethe famethingstherefetdowne. __ 
The beft way to auoide and amend the inconueniences of high, boifterous, and cold 
windes, is to plant Walnuttrees, Elmes, Oakes or Afhes,4 good diftance without the 
compaffe of your Orchard, whichafter they are growne great ; will beeagrear fafe- 
guard thereunto, by breaking theviolence of the windesfromit. Andifthefoyleof 
your Orchard want moifture, the conueying of thefinkeofthehoufe, asalfoanyo. 
ther draine of water thereinto,if it may be,will muchhelpe it.) - uv be 
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