Cultivation of Graft-Land. Planting. AppleTrees left Afpecis for. 



Pears are much lefs particular in refpect to the nature of the foil on which. 

 they are planted than apples, as they are found to fucceed and afford fruit in 

 almoft every fort of land.* 



The nature of the fituation and afpect that is mod favourable and proper forthe 

 apple is likewife equally involved in difficulty : fomecontending for high, others low 

 fuuations, as well as for different afpefls. The intelligent writer juft mentioned, 

 however, obferves, that &quot; the apple tree fucceeds befl in fituations which are 

 neither high nor remarkably low. In the former its bloffoms are frequently injured 

 by cold winds, and in the latter by fpring-frofts, particularly when the trees are 

 planted in the loweft part of a confined valley. A fouth or fouth-eaft afpecl is ge 

 nerally preferred, on account of the turbulence of the weft, and the coldnefs of 

 north winds, but orchards fucceed well in all ; and, where the violence of the 

 weft wind is broken by an intervening rife of ground, a fouth-weft afpecl will be 

 found equal to any.f 



It has been fuggefted, that the more early forts of apples mould be planted in fouth- 

 ern afpects, and thofe of the later kinds in northern ones ; as by thefe means the 

 former maybe rendered fo forward,and the latter fo protracted as to be lefs in danger 

 of injury. And where the land of a farm will permit, it is fuppofed that advantage 

 may be derived from having this fort of trees planted in different fituations in ref 

 pect to expofure; as in this way the chance of efcaping blights will be greater, as 

 where one fails the other may fucceed.^ 



In regard to the choice of fruits for every difference of fituation, a writer of ex 

 perience has remarked, that great attention C( mould be paid to felect fuch as are 

 fufficiently early to ripen well in it. A cider-apple may be fafely pronounced to 

 be too late for the fituation it occupies, when it does not become yellow before 

 the end of October ; and he does not know any difadvantages attending an early 

 maturity, provided the kinds of fruit be capable of being kept a few weeks. An 

 opinion prevails, that the liquors obtained from all early fruits are without ftrength 

 or body ; but the ftrongeft cider yet known is produced by one of thefe the ftyre. 

 In cold and favourable fituations, thofe fruits will beft repay the planter which 

 in their general character, appear nearly related to the native kind, or crab ; for. 



* Herefordshire Report 4to. 



+ Knight on the Culture of the Apple and Pear. 



t Herefordshire 4to Report. 



