CH. 2.] ORCHARDS. 30! 



The ground fhould be trenched, and mo- 

 derately enriched with any of the kinds of 

 manure moft properly applicable to the 

 foil ; which, for currants, goofebef ries, and 

 rafpberries, if not a perfe& fand, canker- 

 ing gravel, or wet, ftubborn clay, will 

 (with proper culture) produce them abun- 

 dantly. Strawberries are an exception. 

 They are moft productive of fruit, -and 

 leaft fo of ft raw, on a ftrong loam, and in an 

 open expofure. Neverthelefs, we find them 

 prolific, with proper culture, in many dif- 

 ferent foils. 



If the ground is broken out from grafs, 

 let the turf be chopped well ; bury it in 

 the bottom of the trench, and the manure 

 one fpit deep. If from ground which has 

 been under tillage or kitchen crops, bury 

 the one-half in the bottom, and the other 

 at one fpit deep ; obferving to divide and 

 break the foil well in the operation. 



The methods of producing young plants 

 of all the kinds being univerfally known, 

 it would only be wafting time in faying 

 more in that refped, than that they fhould 

 be clean, healthy, and well rooted. 



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