2^4 of Orchards^ Vineyards^ &c; 



from whence we have the ftrongeft Winds, 

 without any Regard to its former Pofition. 



In the Management of tall Orchard Frait- 

 Trees, you are to cut off all the Side Branches 

 'till the Trees are arriv'd to the Height de- 

 lir'd 5 but if the Tree be defign'd to fpread 

 Jow, fonie Branches muft be left on each 

 Side, but not fo many as to weigh down the 

 Tree : And for the firft three Years they are 

 not to be permitted to grow bufhy-headed, 

 which may be prevented by cutting off fome 

 of the infide Shoots, and fuch as grow crofs 

 one another, or pendant. If the Soil be not 

 rich enough, it is to be amended in two or 

 three Years in the Winter, by opening the . 

 Earth round about each Tree on the Outfide 

 of the Ground that was digged at their firft 

 fetting, and in a Month after, with fome pro- 

 per Manure mix'd with the Mould that came 

 forth, filling up the Trench again. Or the Soil 

 may be improv'd by making a Trench along 

 theupper Part of the Orchard, with a fmali 

 Gutter cut down to every Row of Trees, (the 

 upper Turf about half a Yard's Breadth round 

 about every Tree being taken off) and when a 

 rainy Day comes, let the Draining of an ad- 

 jacent Dunghill be let down one Row, fo 

 that, as near as may be, each Tree may enjoy 

 it three or four Days at feveral Times in one 

 Winter : But if the Pofition of the Orchard 

 be fuch, as not to adtnit of this Method, then 

 you are to take two or three Pails full of 

 V/ater enrich'd with Dung, and carry it to 



every 



