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prepare the borders for each kind of fruit, 

 adapting the foils that will preferve the 

 trees healthy, and bring the fruit to its ut- 

 moft perfection in fize and flavour. 



THE foil and fituation fhould be confi- 

 dered in fixing on a fpot for a kitchen- 

 garden, for if there is not a foot or more 

 of good foil the expence will be immenfe, 

 if the garden is only of a moderate fr/ie. 

 The beft natural foil for a garden is a 

 light Joam, and where eighteen inches 

 deep of fuch a foil can be got the expencu 

 will be trifling. 



20 prepare Soil for Apricots. 



THE favourite foil of the apricot is a 

 light loam : if the natural foil is a rich 

 Joam of eighteen inches deep, dig from a 

 common as much light fandy earth^ as 

 will fpread fix inches thick all over the 

 border ; to every load of fandy earth add 

 one barrow of rotten dung. If the 

 raj earth is fandy, add one third of 



loam; 



