12 ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN. 



by judicious management ; and if a proper attention be paid 

 to the situation and aspect in arranging a fruit garden, each 

 kind may be so accommodated as to promote its fruits' ripen- 

 ing earlier or later than the ordinary season, by varying the 

 aspect ; but Grape Vines, or other tender fruits, should not 

 be planted where the sun's influence does not fully operate. 



Where there is a great extent of close fencing or wall, it 

 is advisable to plant trees of the same kind against different 

 aspects. Such as one or two May Duke Cherries against a 

 southern aspect, which will ripen earliest ; next, against either 

 an eastern or western ; and lastly, against a northern aspect; 

 by observing this method with Dwarf Cherries, Plums, 

 Gooseberries, Currants, &c., the fruit will ripen in succes- 

 sion, and thus a supply is considerably lengthened. The early 

 blooming fruit trees will sometimes need protection in warm 

 aspects ; for which arrangements may be made by keeping 

 awning, matting, netting, &c., at hand, to shelter them with 

 in threatening weather, or to screen them from the intense 

 heat of the sun after a frosty night j this, with a sprinkling 

 of water, as the air gets warm, will often prevent any serious 

 consequences from slight frost. 



Those who have various soils, should suit them to the dif- 

 ferent kinds of fruit. Apples and Pears require a strong 

 loam, but the Pear rather the lightest. Apricots, Cherries, 

 Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines, a good deal lighter than the 

 Apple and Pear. Such fruits as may require peat, bog, or 

 any other extraordinary kinds of earth, will be noticed aa 

 we proceed. 



