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and ever/ Autumn some well rotted manure should be dug 

 in and around each tree, and every Spring the bodies of the 

 Apple, Pear, Plum, and Cherry Trees, and others that it is 

 particularly desirable to promote the growth of, should be 

 brushed over with common soft soap, undiluted with water ; 

 this treatment will give a thriftiness to the trees surpassing 

 the expectation of any one who has not witnessed its effect. 

 Should the first season, after transplanting prove dry, regu- 

 lar watering will be necessary, as from neglect of proper 

 attention in this respect, many lose a large portion of their 

 trees during a drought." 



Such kinds of fruit trees treated upon in this work, as 

 may require any other than good ordinary soil, may be sup- 

 plied, 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' ripening 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 

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

 an East or West, and lastly, against a North aspect; by 

 observing this method with Dwarf Cherries, Plums, Goose- 

 berries, Currants, &c the fruit will ripen in succession, and 

 thus a supply of them is considerably lengthened. The earlv 

 blooming fruit trees will sometimes need protection in warm 

 aspects ; for which arrangements may be made by keeping 

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

 in threatening weather, or to screen them from the intense 

 heat of the Sun after a frosty night ; this, with a sprinkling 

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

 conseqnences from slight frost. 



Those who have various soils, should suit them to the 

 different kinds of fruit. Apples and Pears require a strong 

 loam, but rather the lightest for the Pear. Apricots, Cher- 

 ries, Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines, a good deal lighter 



