SECTION II. 



SOILS, MANURES, LOCATION OF ORCHARDS, &C. &C. 



Soils. Downing says a strong loam, that 

 is, a loam having just sufficient inter-mixture 

 of sand to make it easily worked, is by far 

 the best soil for a fruit-garden or orchard. A 

 farmer will be less likely to misunderstand, if 

 we should recommend, as the best general 

 soil for an orchard, that which will produce 

 seventy to one hundred bushels of Indian corn 

 to the acre. 



This kind of soil, and also that which is 

 called a clayey loam, derives great benefit 

 from the subsoil plough, or, what is far more 

 expensive as it is also much better, trenching 

 and mixing the sub and upper soils together, 

 say for a depth of from eighteen inches to 

 two feet. Whoever is willing to be at the 

 expense of this work, in a small fruit-garden, 

 will find himself repaid by the beneficial 

 effects which the labor will have upon the 

 growth and health of his trees. 



