CH. I.] WALL-TRfeES. 25? 



The following is what I efteetn a proper 

 diflance at which the above t trees ihould 

 ultimately (land on the wall : but, as they 

 will be many years in filling their fpaces, 

 and as in moft kinds a few crops may rea- 

 fonably be expeded before that time, ri- 

 ders of cherries, pears, and plums, may be 

 placed between them* 



For a wall twelve feet high : the ap- 

 ples to be placed at twenty ; apricots, thir- 

 ty ; cherries, twenty ; figs twelve ; pears 

 thirty ; and plums, twenty feet apart. And 

 for a wall fifteen feet high apples, fif- 

 teen ; apricots, twenty-four ; cherries, fif- 

 teen; figs, ten$ pears, twenty-four 3 and 

 plums, fifteen feet apart. And fo in the 

 fame proportion for walls of any height 

 from ten to eighteen feet, which, as I 

 have already hintfed, ought to be the ex- 

 tremes. 



For efpaliers : apples, thirty ; cherries, 



twenty ; pears, thirty ; and plums, twenty 



feet apart. But thefe fhould be planted 



at double thicknefs, placing two of a kind 



R together, 



