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summer months, and in the autumn and 

 trenched * ; and this space should after- 

 wards, for some years at least, h"^ kept 

 clean t by being frequently hoed t in the 



* *' And if the case so stand as it is fit to plant 

 " great thicke trees, the pit must be made six 

 •' months before, and that because tlie earth should 

 " thereby be corrected, antl as it were renewed by 

 " the ayre and heat. 



" He that will have faire young trees, must dig 

 *•' about them everie month, but when they are 

 " grown greater, they must only be digged about 

 '* twice a year. In wii ter, whetlier they be great 

 " or small, the earth must be taken from their feet, 

 " so that it may be mingled with dung and put 

 " into the pit againe." jNIaison Rustique, p. 402. 



f " Weeds growing about trees, doe sucke tlie 

 " nourishment of the earth, and they must be care- 

 " fully weeded out. 



" The apple loves to be digged twice, especially 

 " the first yeare. It is very subject to be eaten 

 " and spoyled of pismires and little worms, but the 

 " remedy is to lay swine's dung mixed with men's 

 " urine at the roots." Maison Rustique, p. 379. 



J Hoeing land gives it a natural manuring, even 

 if no weeds are on the ground, for the oftcner and 

 deeper the surface is turned up, the more it attracts 

 food from the atmosphere. 



