OBSERVATIONS 



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 FRUIT GARDEN 



IN the preliminary observations on the subjects already 

 treated of, I am aware that it may appear to some that I 

 have not sufficiently urged the importance of a judicious 

 selection of situation, exposure, aspect, soil, &c. My object 

 in not insisting on a strict attention to these important points 

 was, because I know that, though good land is abundant in 

 this extensive country, it is impossible for every one to choose 

 for himself; and rather than any disadvantages in these 

 respects should discourage proprietors of land from attempt- 

 ing to raise garden products, so necessary to the comfort and 

 convenience of every family, I have endeavoured to show 

 them how to use to advantage whatever land may surround 

 their places of abode. As, however, some have a choice, 

 it may be necessary to offer some farther remarks on the 

 subject. 



The situation of an Orchard or Fruit Garden should be 

 one that has the advantage of a free circulation of air, and 

 is exposed to the south, with a slight inclination to the east 

 and southwest. When the situation is low and close, the 

 trees are very liable to become mossy, which always injures 

 them, by closing up the pores of the wood ; they are also 

 more liable to be affected by blight. Although having an 

 orchard closely pent up by trees, &c., is injurious, neverthe- 

 less a screen of forest trees, at such a distance from the fruit 

 trees as that the latter will not be shaded by them, is of very 

 groat service in protecting the trees in spring from severe 

 cold winds. 



