FRUIT-TREES, 51 



bifli in the bottom of borders, to prevent 

 the roots getting down into clay, fand, of 

 gravel : this never anfwers ; the roots 

 will ftrike into the rubbiih, and even 

 through it, if a foot thick, into the fand, 

 &c. hut as loon as the roots reach the 

 riibbiih, the tree cankers and 'the fruit 

 fpots. 





 THE roots of fruit-trees fhould not be 



above one foot deep in the ground, for the 

 foil below that is hard, dry, and full of 

 rancid vapours, even in good foil. The 

 nouriihment the roots draw from thence 

 fpoils the rich flavour that thofe fruits 

 have whofe roots are no deeper than the 

 air and rains penetrate. 



IT is the general opinion that old trees 

 cannot bear good fruit on account of their 

 age ; thL is feldom the cafe ; the reafon 

 indeed is, ail the fmall roots are fpread too 

 deep into fand, grayel, or clay ; hence they 

 canker, and the fruit is fpotted. 



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