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gird of one another, and of their own kinde : Sotttt 

 Apple-Trees grow to much greater growth than 

 fome other. Pears to a greater growth then Apple.?, 

 fo that it is hard to appoint a certain diftance for 

 Trees in an Orchard , twenty Foot is fpace little e- 

 noughfor Standards of common Apples or Pears; 

 bur a certain rule is, to provide that one Tree (hade 

 nor another, and therefore let the lowed Trees, if 

 you intend to make the moll of your ground, be fen 

 South, and the higheft Pear-trees ftand to the North ; 

 for ftiould the higher Trees ftand South, they would 

 calt their fhade over the reft of the Orchard. 



This Do&rine of fetting Trees at fuch diftances, 

 the Husbandman hates, fo: two reafons ; one is, Be- 

 caufe it takes too much of his pafture from his Cattle; 

 and the other is, That by this means he can have but 

 little Fruit in his Orchard for many years : There- 

 fore to gratifie his covetoufnefs, I {hall propofe him 

 this practicable way of following and profecuting my 

 intention to the utrnoft profit, without putting him 

 to the mentioned grievances. For firft, I fhall or- 

 der that he plant his Orchard full of Trees, within 

 three yards diftance one of another, or fbmewhat 

 nearer, if he pieafe ; thefe {"hall bear him after a year 

 or trYo, as many apples as a well-grown Orchard ufu- 

 ally carries:then let him fet this ground to a gardinef, 

 that it may be digged and dunged feafonably,to bring 

 Kitchin Plants, for from this Culture the Trees will 

 receive great advantage. When the Trees are big 

 enough, with the defence of a ftrong ftake, and fome 

 Bufhes, to be fecured from Cattle, let him tranfplant 

 them into Paftures of the beft Soyl, where they may 

 ftand at great diftancestobe flaelter to Cattle, and 

 no prejudice to the Grafs : One Tree at fuch diftance, 



I z fhall 



