278 ^ On Peach Trees. 



to them ; none of which circumstances happen to my 

 trees. 



All my trees are treated on the same principles, and 

 have the same appearance of that above mentioned; 

 and notwithstanding their vigour of growth, have borne 

 an abundance of fruit, in the highest perfection, until 

 last summer when peaches generally failed; and even 

 then, I had an abundant supply for myself and for my 

 friends, until after the 5th November. The tree above 

 spoken of was not removed; but had it been so, it 

 would have been transplanted in the blossom time after 

 one years growth from the bud, and have been set about 

 four inches higher in the ground, than where it grew, 

 well watered at the time of planting and the earth then 

 raised two or three inches above the height at Avhich 

 the earth had before covered it ; but after that time it 

 would not have again been watered, as I conceive the 

 watering of trees in hot weather rots the young fibres, 

 and does irreparable injury. 



The tree of which I have given the history, is now 

 seven years growth from the, bud, it measures at nine 

 inches from the ground, twenty three inches round, 

 and tliree feet higher up, it measures twenty two and 

 a half inches. Two of the four branches fork within a 

 foot of the body of the tree, and the mean height of those 

 six branches, is full twenty one feet, and they cover a 

 space of twenty two feet in diameter; and every part 

 of it appears to be in the most perfect health and vi- 

 gour. The earth in which it stands is a red loam about 

 a foot thick, and under it is a bed of common yellow 

 clay. There has been a cellar dug at the distance of 

 about two hundred feet from the tree, and there, next 



