CH. 2.] ORCHARDS. 283 



CHAPTER II. 



CULTURE OF ORCHARD FRUITS. 



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SECTION I. 



Cn tie SITUATION for Orchard?. 



RCHARDS in this part of the united 

 kingdom (Scotland) are an objedt of 

 trivial concern at prefent ; for, excepting 

 thofe of Clydefdale, fome in the Carfe of 

 Cowrie, and a few near Jedburgh, there 

 are none of any note. It is certain, we (in 

 Scotland) need not exped: to c6pe with our 

 fitter country, in this refpedt; but it is 

 equally certain, there is a poffibility of 

 imitating, and even nearly approaching 

 her, in the productions of the Orchard ; or 

 at leaft fo far as to anfwer the confumpt 

 of the country, in good feafons. 



The productions of thole in Clydefdale, 

 which in fome feafons is aftonifliing, are a 

 proof in point, and thefe are neither ex ten* 

 live, nor (excepting one) even kept in to- 

 lerable 



