FRUIT-TREES, 6$ 



the natural foil be a ftrong loam, add a 

 large quantity of fbft pit fand until it Is 

 almoft a fandy loam : if a. fandy foil they 

 will thrive tolerably well, but if three or 

 four inches of ftrong }oam were added, the 

 trees would be more, vigorous and the 

 fruit much larger ; in. a fandy foil they 

 will be fooner ripe by ten days than in any 

 other mould : if the natural foil is a 

 light black earth it will anfwer very 

 well. If the natural foil is a flrong loam 

 inclining to clay, add foft fand, rotten, 

 wood earth or any other light foil to 

 make it light. 



To all of thofe different mixtures rmifl 

 be added two inches of very rotten dung, 

 that has been turned feveral times. The 

 whole muft be trenched over three or four 

 times that the border may be well mixed 

 before -planting. *The diflance for cherries 

 of all kinds is from eighteen feet to twen- 

 ty-four ; this may feem a great dlfhmce, 

 but there will be more fruit on one tree 

 that covers twenty-four feet of wall, thaii 



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