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An orchard may be fpoken of here; i.e. a fpot 

 to y\zxti.Jlandard fruit trees in, which are forbidden a 

 place in the garden; but it mud not be a fmall fpot. 

 The front row, mould be half ilandards, or before 

 thefe may be a row of dwarfs; obferving to plant the 

 moft towering forts (in kind) of the full ftandards be- 

 hind. The ground mould be dug thoroughly as low 

 as the proper foil is, and if not naturally good, let it 

 be improved by dung duly rotted, and worked well 

 in a full fpade deep. In a ftrong foil, lime fhould make 

 a part of the manure. If the ground be naturally un- 

 even, it will not be proper to level it, as this would rob 

 'the higher parts, and needlefsly enrich the lower. A 

 ftrong cool foil does belt for an orchard, but it mull not 

 be wet. If it holds up water, it mould be well drained 

 by deep covered trenches. 



A piece of ground defigned'for an erchard t would 

 be greatly improved by firft cultivating it as a kiichm 

 garden for a year or two, manuring well at the time : 

 Or, give it a good tillage; let it have a winter's 

 froft, by deep trenching into high ridges, turned over 

 in fpring, and furnmer fallowed. The trees being 

 planted, at proper diitaiices, the ground may be kept 

 under fome fori of crop, for feveral years to come, 

 with fome annual drefhng. In a large orchard, the 

 plough may be ufed for corn, potatoes, carrots, &c. 

 If the foil is poor, frequent opportunity fhouid be taken 

 to give it a little manure, that there may be proper food 

 prepared for the roots, as they extend. No doubt 

 many orchards would bear much better, if the whole 

 ground (as the roo.s extend far) werebelore winter dug 

 or ploughed over every fecond, or third year, and 

 drefied, by digging in fome rotten dung, or fprinkhng 

 over the whole (when rough dug) foot and pigeon's 

 dung, or that of any other poultry; this will walh in by 



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