234 ^f Fruit -^Gardens. 



Next to the Situation, the Expofition of a 

 Garden is to be regarded. And whatever Si- 

 tuation you are forc'd to rubmir to, it ought 

 to have all the Afpeds of the Sun ^ tho' the 

 Variety of Soils makes, in many Cafes, a par- 

 ticular Expoiition the molt agreeable. If your 

 Garden be of ftrong Earth, and of Confe- 

 quence cold, the South Expofure is beft ^ but 

 then this Expoficion is very fubjed to Winds 

 in the Autumn. If the Soil be light and hot, 

 then the Eaft Expofition is to be preferred j 

 but this is annoyed by the North-Ealt Winds, 

 and the WalM rees have little Benefit of the 

 Rains u^hich generally come from the Weft. 

 The Weftern Expofure is very liable to the 

 North-Weft Winds in the Spring, and the 

 Autumn Winds. And the Northern Afped: 

 is only fit for Pears and Baking Fruits : So 

 that all thefe Expofitions having their Defefts, 

 upon Experience it is found beft to have Walls 

 erected for Fruit, not diredly facing the car- 

 dinal Points, but between them 5 as, the 

 South -Eaft and South^Weft Afped: for the 

 beft Sort of Fruic, and the North-Eaft and 

 North- Weft Afped for the worft Sort, which 

 will generally anfwer all Expedations.i 



The beft Figure for a Fruir-Gardsn, is a 

 Square about half as long again as broad 5 

 and the Extent may be from forty Yards in 

 Length, and twenty four in Breadth, to one 

 hundred and fixty Yard?, and one hundred^ 

 tho* thirty or forty Yards fqua^re is a fuffici- 

 ent Compafs of Ground for a Garden to 



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